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    Climatology of sea breezes along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia

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    Authors
    Khan, Basit cc
    Abualnaja, Yasser
    Al-Subhi, Abdullah M.
    Nellayaputhenpeedika, Mohammedali cc
    Nellikkattu Thody, Manoj
    Sturman, Andrew P.
    KAUST Department
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Date
    2018-04-25
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/627843
    
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    Abstract
    Long-term near-surface observations from five coastal stations, high-resolution model data from Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) and high-resolution daily sea surface temperature (SST) from National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are used to investigate the climatology of sea breezes over the eastern side of the Red Sea region. Results show existence of separate sea breeze systems along different segments of the Red Sea coastline. Based on the physical character and synoptic influences, sea breezes in the Red Sea are broadly divided into three regions: the north and the middle Red Sea (NMRS), the Red Sea convergence zone (RSCZ) and the southern Red Sea (SRS) regions. On average, sea breezes developed on 67% of days of the 10-year study period. Although sea breezes occur almost all year, this mesoscale phenomenon is most frequent from May to October (78% of the total sea breeze days). The sea breeze frequency increases from north to south (equatorwards), and sea breeze characteristics appear to vary both temporally and spatially. In addition to land-sea thermal differential, coastline shape, latitude and topography, the prevailing northwesterly at NMRS region, the convergence of northwesterly and southeasterly wind system at RSCZ region and the northeast and southwest monsoon at SRS region play an important role in defining the sea breeze characteristics over the Red Sea.
    Citation
    Khan B, Abualnaja Y, Al-Subhi AM, Nellayaputhenpeedika M, Nellikkattu Thody M, et al. (2018) Climatology of sea breezes along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Climatology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5523.
    Publisher
    Wiley
    Journal
    International Journal of Climatology
    DOI
    10.1002/joc.5523
    Additional Links
    https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/joc.5523
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    10.1002/joc.5523
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)

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