The sea-land breeze is a wind system with a 1-day cycle caused by the difference between the day and night heat distributions over the sea and land. During the day, the wind blows from the sea to the land; at night, the wind blows from the land to the sea. The former is called the sea breeze, and the latter is called the land breeze; collectively, they are called the land and sea breezes.
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(2020). Sea-Land Breeze. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_2176
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