Coastal winds and low‐level jets: Simulations for sea gulfs
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The reasons for the relatively strong coastal afternoon surface winds observed along the Gulf of Finland were studied by using a high‐resolution two‐dimensional numerical model in typical summertime conditions. Sea breeze effects were included by defining a clear sky, whereas they were minimized by alternatively defining a thick cloud cover. The geostrophic wind was varied both in speed and direction. A case‐study was made with a three‐dimensional operational forecast model with results that agreed with the two‐dimensional experiments and observations.
Strongish afternoon surface winds nearly parallel with the coastline were obtained in the overcast gulf experiments. In these cases, well‐mixed air entering the smooth sea slantwise from over land commenced an inertial oscillation downstream such that the emerging low‐level jet maximum was located just above the opposite coast, causing the strong winds there. If the sky was clear, sea breezes and strong convective mixing further enhanced the coastal surface winds to supergeostrophic speeds.
In contrast, weak coastal winds occurred when the sea breeze and the basic flow were nearly opposite. Given the gulf geometry, the sea breeze cell from the opposite coast could be advected over the gulf in a suitable basic flow, which resulted in another minimum in the coastal wind speed as a function of geostrophic wind direction. Copyright © 2005 Royal Meteorological Society.
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