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Main features of the sea-breeze in Barcelona

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From a data set of sea-breeze observations corresponding to cases of no synoptic-scale flow in Barcelona during the period 1970–89, some features of this wind have been deduced. Maximum velocities of between 6–14 m/s generally occur during 12–16 SLT. Diurnal evolution gives a clockwise rotation of sea breeze so that this wind blows roughly parallel to the shoreline in late afternoon. The rate of the change of direction is in agreement with numerical results from a simple nonlinear sea breeze model.

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  1. A. Redaño, J. Cruz & J. Lorente

    Present address: Department of Astronomy and Meteorology, Facultad de Física, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 647, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

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    This work has been supported by the DGICYT, Project No. PB87-0718.

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    Redaño, A., Cruz, J. & Lorente, J. Main features of the sea-breeze in Barcelona. Meteorl. Atmos. Phys. 46, 175–179 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027342

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