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Acoustic sounding of land and sea breezes

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Sodar measurements have been made at La Spezia, Italy during land- and sea-breeze conditions. The backscatter returns are discussed qualitatively, including their relation to the vertical structure of the boundary layer as revealed by vertical soundings of wind and temperature. During inversion conditions, the sodar signals may be difficult to interpret especially when there is a land breeze flowing over irregular terrain.

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  1. ENEL-CRTN - Centro Ricerca Termica e Nucleare, Italy

    P. Bacci

  2. CNR - Laboratorio di Cosmo-geofisica, Corso Fiume, 4, Torino, Italy

    C. Giraud

  3. Istituto Fisica Generale-Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    A. Longhetto & R. Richiardone

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Bacci, P., Giraud, C., Longhetto, A. et al. Acoustic sounding of land and sea breezes. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 28, 187–192 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119463

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