Observational and numerical study on the influence of large-scale flow direction and coastline shape on sea-breeze evolution

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-300

  Gilliam, Robert C ^a   Raman, Sethu ^a   Niyogi, Dev Dutta S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex coastline; Doppler radar; Sea breeze; Sea breeze circulations; Sea breeze modelling; Synoptic flow effects

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

FLOW REGIMES; SEA BREEZES;

METEOROLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; RADAR; SEA BREEZE;

COASTAL ZONE; RADAR; SEA BREEZE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 1842483231     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000016494.99539.5a     Document Type: Article

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