What causes Koshava (Košava) wind?

What is it about?

This paper analyzes the synoptic and local factors that generate the Koshava wind. Koshava is strong and gusty wind that blows mostly in Serbia, but it can be detected in other Balkan countries as well. The main synopti contributes to Koshava are Eurasian anticyclones, Mediterranean cyclons whereas the main local contributors are cross-mountain mean sea level pressure and potential temperature differences. This is the first paper that analyzes Koshava wind from the perspective of a gap flow. windstorm.

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Why is it important?

This paper is important because it is the very first aricle that provides a quantitative analysis of Euyrasian anticyclones and Mediterranean cyclones that drive the Koshava wind. Furthermore, the local contributors such as the cross-mountain mean sea level pressure and potential temperature differences, and wind at higher levels for the first time. Moreover, the article presents a linear statistical model for prediction of Koshava's occurence and speed.

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