Dove's Law OF ROTATION OF WINDS

Generalization announced by Dove 1827, that in the n. temperate zone the changes in direction of the wind at any locality go through a period 446 lasting usually only a few days and most frequently in the order E., S., W., N., or in the direction of the apparent daily course of the sun or "with the sun": in the southern hemisphere the order is reversed. This law was known even to Aristotle for the eastern Mediterranean countries, but Dove showed the great generality of the rule: his theoretical explanation of the cause is now replaced by the laws of cyclones.