A local wind circulation driven by the differing heat capacities of land and water, in which cooler air flows from sea to land during the day as land heats and its air rises, reversing at night as the land cools faster than the adjacent water. It is a reliable, small-scale daily circulation pattern along coastlines worldwide.
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1. Sea Breeze and Land Breeze Circulation (Wikipedia)
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A sea breeze or onshore breeze is a wind that blows in the afternoon from a large body of water toward or onto a landmass. By contrast, a land breeze or offshore breeze is a wind that blows in the night from a landmass toward or onto a large body of water.
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