Near the shore, winds tend to blow out toward the water at night. What drives this process?

Chemistry

1 answer:

Mila [183]3 years ago

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C. Convection currents in the air

Explanation:

Near the shore, winds tends to blow out towards the water at night and this is driven by convection currents in the air.

Convection occurs in fluids. Since we are dealing with wind, therefore, it is convection in air.

At night, the air on land is cold and under high pressure.
The shore area is able lose and gain heat very fast.
At night, since the shore is cold, the air around is cold too.
The ocean has high heat capacity and does not lose or gain heat easily.
At night, it still retains come of its heat.
This causes nearby winds to warm up, becomes less dense and rises.
The wind here is moves towards the cold land
The breeze on land moves outwards towards the ocean.
This will then set up convection currents.

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