A climatological study of the sea and land breezes in the Arabian Gulf region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Eager, Rebecca E ^b   Raman, Sethu ^c   Wootten, Adrienne ^c   Westphal, Douglas L ^d   Reid, Jeffrey S ^d   Mandoos, Abdulla Al ^a  

^a Ministry of Presidential Affairs   (United Arab Emirates)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN GULF; DENSE NETWORK; DRAINAGE FLOWS; INDIAN MONSOON; LAND BREEZES; NETWORK OF STATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFSHORE WINDS; ONSET-TIME; SEA BREEZE; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE STATION; THERMALLY DRIVEN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WIND CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; LAND BREEZE; MONSOON; SEA BREEZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZONAL WIND;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 71949101539     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009710     Document Type: Article

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