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VARIABILITY OF THE SEA-BREEZE FRONT FROM SODAR MEASUREMENTS}

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Using sodar measurements of the wind in the vicinity of sea-breeze fronts, we have investigated the lateral movement of the incoming front.A characteristic of the sea-breeze front is related to periodic oscillations in wind direction, which are likely tobe caused by the sea breeze and accompanyingupdrafts and downdrafts in the ambient flow.

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CHIBA, O. VARIABILITY OF THE SEA-BREEZE FRONT FROM SODAR MEASUREMENTS}. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 82, 165–174 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000216406527

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