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Rainfall and Sea-Breeze Circulation over South-Western France
Olivier PlanchonSylvie Cautenetsubject
Atmospheric ScienceSea breezeAtmospheric circulationClimatologyMesoscale meteorologyTemperate climateOceanic climateVegetationPrecipitationSpatial distributionGeologydescription
South-western France (Aquitaine region) has an oceanic temperate climate but some climatic peculiarities (irregular patterns in isohyets) are observed along a narrow coastal belt. The spatial distribution of winter and summer precipitation shows a ‘rainy strip’ located around 20 to 40 km inland. Three features allow an explanation of this distribution: synoptic flow, sea-breeze and heterogeneous land roughness (presence of the Foret des Landes). To take into account the impact of these features, numerical simulations are examined using a three-dimensional mesoscale model. The occurrence of the forest increases the possibility of precipitation during irregular patterns in isohyets. © 1997 by the Royal Meteorological Society. Int. J. Climatol. 17: 535–549, 1997.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-04-01 | International Journal of Climatology |