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A simplified theory of the generation of sea breezes
Author(s) -
Pearce R. P.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708837503
Subject(s) - sea breeze , spurious relationship , shore , oscillation (cell signaling) , mechanics , geology , partial differential equation , mathematical analysis , meteorology , mathematics , physics , climatology , oceanography , statistics , biology , genetics
The equations of heating and motion are averaged vertically, assuming vertical distributions of velocity and temperature. A non‐linear partial differential equation of hyperbolic type is found to be satisfied by the surface velocity of the sea breeze. Numerical solutions are given for varying heating rates and for a superposed off‐shore wind. The method of integration of the equations leads to a spurious stable oscillation in the solutions and this is shown to be associated with the finite difference method used. Using dimensional analysis, a criterion for the prediction of the occurrence of sea breezes is suggested.