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The hypothesis that the Morning Glory is formed when a sea breeze interacts with an inversion is examined by developing an analytical model which describes the main features of the flow. The predictions of the model are then tested against observations of the Morning Glory and encouraging agreement is found.
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Crook, N.A. (1983). The Formation of the Morning Glory. In: Lilly, D.K., Gal-Chen, T. (eds) Mesoscale Meteorology — Theories, Observations and Models. NATO ASI Series, vol 114. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2241-4_19
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