Aerosynoptic Conditions Favorable to Formation of Local Catabatic Wind Coşava in Oraviţa Depression (Romania). Case Studies

Abstract

Abstract In the southwestern part of Romania, in the Oraviţa Depression, which is included in the Banat historical region, there is a low altitude air circulation in the cold season. Under certain conditions of atmospheric pressure, it generates a catabatic wind (Coşava), with strong increases in speed at blast. The wind speed, which often exceeds 10 m / s, causes sometimes-massive damage to property.