Observed and modelled climatology of the land-sea breeze circulation over the Persian Gulf

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 883-905

  Zhu, M ^a   Atkinson, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatology; Land sea breeze; Numerical modelling; Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND;

LAND-SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION (LSBC); LAND-SEA DISTRIBUTION; OROGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND FIELD;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 2942652574     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1045     Document Type: Article

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