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The effect of sea breezes on atmospheric stability as observed with acoustic sounder

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Acoustic sounder data obtained for a period of three years have been analysed to estimate the monthly mean percentage time of occurrences of sea breezes, thermal plumes, and nocturnal radiative inversion layers. The intrusion of marine air has been found to suppress daytime convection and also to inhibit the development of nocturnal inversions.

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  1. Department of Physics, Andhra University, 530 003, Visakhapatnam, India

    A. Raghu Kumar, M. Purnachandra Rao & J. Sree Rama Murthy

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Kumar, A.R., Rao, M.P. & Murthy, J.S.R. The effect of sea breezes on atmospheric stability as observed with acoustic sounder. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 35, 303–308 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123646

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