A model-aided investigation of winter thermally driven circulation on the Italian Tyrrhenian coast: A case study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Ferretti, Rossella ^a   Mastrantonio, Giangiuseppe ^b   Argentini, Stefania ^b   Santoleri, Rosalia ^b   Viola, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Modeling; Sea breeze; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN COAST;

EID: 1642299845     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003424     Document Type: Article

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