Adjacent land and ocean surfaces have the same temperature at sunrise on a clear,calm, summer day. Then the land and water are heated by the Sun for several hours. Which cross section shows the most likely direction of surface winds that will develop on the ocean shore?
Land Breeze: The regional wind that flows from the land to the water at night.
When the land and ocean are heated for several hours from morning till sunset, then the hot surface of the land starts cooling down so does the hot water of the ocean.
However, the rate of cooling differs as the land cools quickly but the ocean water takes time in cooling creating a significant difference in temperate that affects the air pressure above the surface of the land and water.
Since, cold air is heavier than hot air, the direction of wind shifts towards the ocean as the cool and heavy land air blows in the direction of the hot and lighter on the ocean to equalize the pressure and create equilibrium giving rise to Land Breeze.
