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Sea and land breezes

Land warms and cools faster than water. Follow the circulation and switch between day and night.

Sea and land breezes — Actual application image
Actual application image

The model and its limits

Two thermal reservoirs drive a damped circulation. The prescribed streamfunction conserves air volume; this is not CFD or a weather forecast. Height is exaggerated. 1 s = 20 min.

Equations used in the module
Equations
C dT/dt = Q − λ(T − Tair); dU/dt = (0.7 ΔT − U)/900

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