Marinada (wind)
The Marinada is a fall wind occuring mostly during summer in the Urgell region of Catalonia. It is a southeastern wind originating from the flow in the eastern Ebro basin of a cool marine air mass (as indicated by its name)[1][2]. This marine air mass is driven inland first by the sea breeze, reaching this way the top of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, and then flows down in the eastern due to the higher density of the marine air mass[2]. The Marinada is known for relieving inhabitants from the summer heat in late afternoons[1].
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jiménez, Maria A.; Grau, Antoni; Martínez-Villagrasa, Daniel; Cuxart, Joan (2023-12-30). "Characterization of the marine-air intrusion Marinada in the eastern Ebro sub-basin". International Journal of Climatology. 43 (16): 7682–7699. Bibcode:2023IJCli..43.7682J. doi:10.1002/joc.8287. ISSN 0899-8418.
- ^ a b Lunel, Tanguy; Jimenez, Maria Antonia; Cuxart, Joan; Martinez-Villagrasa, Daniel; Boone, Aaron; Le Moigne, Patrick (2024-07-05). "The marinada fall wind in the eastern Ebro sub-basin: physical mechanisms and role of the sea, orography and irrigation". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 24 (13): 7637–7666. Bibcode:2024ACP....24.7637L. doi:10.5194/acp-24-7637-2024. ISSN 1680-7316.