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Modeling the dynamics of the land-sea breeze circulation for air quality modeling

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Conventional atmospheric dispersion and air quality models require that the wind field be known with a higher resolution than is currently available from field monitoring stations in most coastal areas. In this paper, a numerical model is developed to predict the wind flow field during the land-sea breeze. The form and assumptions and method of solution of the model are described. The model output is compared to atmospheric data taken from a field study conducted in the Santa Barbara Channel and Ventura-Oxnard plain in southern California.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Meteorology, Obninsk, Soviet Union

    Mikhail Novitsky

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    Danny D. Reible & Bernardo M. Corripio

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Novitsky, M., Reible, D.D. & Corripio, B.M. Modeling the dynamics of the land-sea breeze circulation for air quality modeling. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 59, 163–175 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120692

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