Main characteristics of sea/land breezes along the eastern coast of the Northern Adriatic

Abstract

An average daily wind regime along the Northern Adriatic eastern coast has been examined at 10 meteorological stations for summertime sea/land breeze circulation. The stations considered are Pula-Airport, Opatija, Rijeka, Senj, Malinska, Omišalj, Mali Lošinj, Rab, Zadar and Zadar-Airport. The aim was to examine the frequency, the times of onset and cessation, the average duration of sea/land breezes, and the impact of the Coriolis force on the wind vector rotation at chosen stations. The results are comparable with corresponding studies of mid-latitude locations. For two stations, an anticlockwise rotation has been discovered (Malinska and Senj), while the remaining stations showed a clockwise rotation, which prevails on the northern hemisphere coasts.