The role of sea-land air thermal difference, shape of the coastline and sea surface temperature in the nocturnal offshore convection

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mazón, Jordi ^a   Pino, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal front; Mediterranean basin; Precipitation; WRF simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; COASTAL ZONE; KATABATIC FLOW; LAND BREEZE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMAL CONVECTION; TRMM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84882642132     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.20027     Document Type: Article

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