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

Jordi Mazón; David Pino

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.20027

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

Tellus

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Jordi Mazón and David Pino

Open Access

|Dec 2013

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