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1 online resource (112 pages) |
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""COASTAL METEOROLOGY""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Boundary Layer Processes""; ""CURRENT UNDERSTANDING AND CHALLENGES""; ""The Generic Atmospheric Boundary Layer""; ""Surface Interactions""; ""Internal Boundary Layers""; ""The Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Boundary Layer""; ""Boundary Layer Clouds""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""3 Thermally Driven Effects""; ""THE LAND BREEZE AND THE SEA BREEZE""; ""COASTAL FRONTS""; ""ICE-EDGE BOUNDARIES""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""4 The Influence of Orography"" |
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""INTRODUCTION AND BASIC PARAMETERS""""LOW FROUDE NUMBER FLOW: TRAPPED PHENOMENA""; ""Isolated Response: Kelvin Wave and Gravity Current""; ""Damming""; ""Gap Winds""; ""MODERATE FROUDE NUMBER FLOW""; ""KATABATIC AND OTHER LOCAL WINDS""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""5 Interactions with Larger-Scale Weather Systems""; ""LAND-FALLING HURRICANES""; ""POLAR AND ARCTIC LOWS""; ""HYBRID FRONTAL CIRCULATIONS AND WINTER STORMS""; ""LOCALIZED LATENT HEAT RELEASE""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""6 The Influence of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer on the Coastal Ocean""; ""COASTAL PROCESSES"" |
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""Local and Remote Wind Forcing""""Ocean Fronts""; ""Storms""; ""Topography""; ""AIR-SEA EXCHANGE PROCESSES""; ""Wind Stress, Heat Flexes, and Trace Gas and Particulate Exchange""; ""Coupled Interactions with the Planetary Boundary Layer""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""7 Air Quality""; ""DISPERSION IN THE COASTAL ZONE""; ""DEVELOPING IMPROVED DISPERSION MODELS""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""8 Capabilities and Opportunities""; ""OBSERVATIONAL TOOLS""; ""In Situ Methods""; ""Remote Sensing""; ""MODELING TECHNOLOGY""; ""9 Educational and Human Resources""; ""References"" |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Marine meteorology.
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Coasts.
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Boundary layer (Meteorology)
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coastlines.
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coastal environments.
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Boundary layer (Meteorology)
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Coasts.
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Marine meteorology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309572729 |
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030957272X |
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