@Article{SouzaOyam:2017:BrPoAl,
               author = "Souza, Dayana Castilho de and Oyama, Marcos Daisuke",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         de Aeron{\'a}utica e Espa{\c{c}}o (IAE)}",
                title = "Breeze potential along the brazilian northern and northeastern 
                         coast",
              journal = "Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management",
                 year = "2017",
               volume = "9",
               number = "3",
                pages = "368--378",
                month = "jul./set.",
             keywords = "Land-sea breeze, Coastal breeze, Brazilian coast, Surface wind, 
                         Daily cycle.",
             abstract = "The breeze potential along the Brazilian northern and northeastern 
                         coast was studied using wind data from the Climate Forecast System 
                         Reanalysis for the period between 1980 and 2010. March and 
                         September were considered, which are representative of the rainy 
                         and dry (or less rainy) periods, respectively. The Brazilian 
                         northern and northeastern coast is composed by meridionally 
                         oriented coastlines (Amap{\'a} State coast and eastern coast of 
                         Northeast Brazil) and a zonally oriented coastline (Brazilian 
                         northern coast east of Maraj{\'o} Island). Along the meridionally 
                         oriented coastlines, the breeze potential was mainly related to 
                         the zonal wind and extended inland over 1 2° from the shore. The 
                         daily zonal wind cycle maximum (minimum), which represents the 
                         land (sea) breeze potential, occurred at ~0700 UTC (~1900 UTC). 
                         Along the zonally oriented coastline, the breeze potential was 
                         mainly related to the meridional wind and extended inland and 
                         offshore over 2 3° from the shore. At the shore, the daily 
                         meridional wind cycle maximum (minimum), which represents the land 
                         (sea) breeze potential, occurred at ~1000 UTC (~2200 UTC). Phase 
                         propagation occurred from the shore inland in March and September 
                         and also offshore in September. In general, for the entire 
                         Brazilian northern and northeastern coast, the breeze potential 
                         frequency was higher in September (20 25 days per month). In 
                         March, while the frequency slightly decreased over the 
                         meridionally oriented coastlines (to 15 20 days per month), the 
                         frequency sharply decreased over the zonally oriented coastlines 
                         to 5 10 days per month in landside coastal areas and vanished in 
                         seaside coastal areas. Higher frequency was generally related to 
                         lower interannual variability, and there was significant 
                         correlation between the interannual variability of the frequency 
                         and oceanic indices, along specific coastal areas. The features of 
                         the breeze potential areas obtained in this study complement the 
                         results from others and provide a more complete depiction of 
                         breeze features along the entire Brazilian northern and 
                         northeastern coast.",
                  doi = "10.5028/jatm.v9i3.787",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v9i3.787",
                 issn = "1984-9648",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "souza_breeze.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "17 maio 2024"
}