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A high-resolution network of stations was established to measure the low-level wind field on a tropical island. The observed wind variations were found to be both diurnal and semi-diurnal. It is suggested that these variations are associated with the solar diurnal and semi-diurnal tides, the topographv of the island, and a shallow land-sea breeze regime coupled with the heated island phenomenon.
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Aspliden, C.I., Lynn, A., De Souza, R.L. et al. Diurnal and semi-diurnal low-level wind cycles over a tropical island. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 12, 187–199 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121972
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