A numerical study of sea breeze circulation observed at a tropical site Kalpakkam on the east coast of India, under different synoptic flow situations

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-574

  Srinivas, C V ^a   Venkatesan, R ^a   Somayaji, K M ^a   Bagavath Singh, A ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Mesoscale model; Sea breeze; Sodar; Synoptic flow; Tether balloon; Thermal internal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA BREEZE; SODAR; TROPICAL REGION; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALPAKKAM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33750436215     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702909     Document Type: Article

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