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... In many situations the coastal mountains act as a barrier to the stably stratified marine air; the barrier may block air flowing toward it, or it may act like a wall along which Kelvin waves may propagate. Further study is needed of the ageostrophic dynamics of these and other mesoscale wind features.
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... The panel has drawn from these suggestions the following general recommendations: With respect to boundary layer processes, WE RECOMMEND a complete reexamination of ABL processes in inhomogeneous conditions, including surface and boundary layer scaling theories, higherorder moment relationships throughout the ABL, and the relative importance of turbulent versus coherent motions. To enhance knowledge of thermally driven effects in coastal regions, WE RECOMMEND that high-density land and sea breeze observational studies and high-resolution numerical modeling studies in regional field experiments be extended to three dimensions using complex coastlines and topography, heterogeneous surfaces, and nonhomogeneous and time-dependent synoptic environments that include cloud interactions.
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... the use of recently developed remote sensors to obtain detailed four-dimensional data sets along with the upgrading of buoy and surface station networks to obtain quality, long-duration data sets describing coastal regions and (2) on-site use of highperformance workstations to provide decentralized computations during study of local coastal phenomena, data assimilation methods, and real-time forecasting.
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Key Terms

  • coastal fronts
  • meteorological phenomena
  • coastal regions
  • coastal zone
  • thermally driven

  • mesoscale spatial
  • wave state
  • processes governing
  • coastal meteorology
  • coastal environment

  • spatial inhomogeneities
  • variable wave
  • coastal meteorological
  • complex coastlines
  • orographic influences

  • inhomogeneous boundary
  • regional field
  • including persistent
  • university training
  • homogeneous conditions

  • horizontally homogeneous
  • field experiments
  • horizontal inhomogeneity
  • synoptic environments
  • complete reexamination

  • block air
  • coastal phenomena
  • detailed study
  • coastal mountains
  • coastal circulations


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