Impact of a sea breeze on the boundary-layer dynamics and the atmospheric stratification in a coastal area of the North Sea

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-154

  Talbot, Charles ^a   Augustin, Patrick ^b   Leroy, Céline ^b   Willart, Véronique ^a   Delbarre, Hervé ^b   Khomenko, Georgui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Lidar; Numerical model Meso NH; Pollutants ransport; Sea breeze; Sodar

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; LANDWARD GRAVITY CURRENT; SEA BREEZE; SEAWARD SYNOPTIC WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA BREEZE; SODAR; STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34548447656     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9185-6     Document Type: Article

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