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The marinada fall wind in the eastern Ebro sub-basin: physical mechanisms and role of the sea, orography and irrigation
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Maria Antonia Jimenez
Grup de Meteorologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain
Joan Cuxart
Grup de Meteorologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain
Daniel Martinez-Villagrasa
Grup de Meteorologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain
Aaron Boone
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Patrick Le Moigne
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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During the summer in Catalonia, a cool wind, the marinada, blows into the eastern Ebro basin in the afternoon. This study investigates its previously unclear dynamics using observations and a meteorological model. It is found to be driven by a cool marine air mass that flows over the mountains into the basin. The study shows how the sea breeze, upslope winds, larger weather patterns and irrigation play a prominent role in the formation and characteristics of the marinada.
During the summer in Catalonia, a cool wind, the marinada, blows into the eastern Ebro basin in...
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