A method of identifying and locating sea breeze fronts in north-eastern Brazil by remote sensing.

Olivier Planchon (1) , Frédéric Damato (1) , Vincent Dubreuil (1) , Pascal Gouéry (1)

1 LETG - Rennes - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique

A method of identifying sea-breeze fronts by remote sensing (visible and infrared data from the GOES-8 satellite) was applied to north-eastern Brazil. The aim of the study was to estimate the frequency of observed sea-breeze fronts and the average distance they penetrate inland at 1800 UTC. During the dry season (between September and December) in 2000, the highest frequency of sea-breeze fronts was recorded on the northern fringe of the study area. The sea-breeze fronts penetrated furthest inland between September and November, with a maximum distance from the coast at Ceara of 100 km.

Domaines: Géographie

Olivier Planchon, Frédéric Damato, Vincent Dubreuil, Pascal Gouéry. A method of identifying and locating sea breeze fronts in north-eastern Brazil by remote sensing.. Meteorological Applications, 2006, 13 (3), pp.225-234. ⟨10.1017/S1350482706002283⟩. ⟨hal-00319188⟩