To browse Academia. This paper provides detailed sailing directions for navigating the English Channel, specifically emphasizing seasonal weather patterns, wind behavior, and maritime features affecting navigation. It describes the influence of westerly and easterly winds during different months, highlighting the geographical impacts on local winds and sea conditions.
Additional sections include terminologies related to navigational features and chart information relevant for vessels operating along the southern coast of England, the Channel Islands, and parts of France.
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, A diurnal coastal air circulation characterized by alternate sea and land breezes constitutes an important yet poorly understood form of energy supply for nearshore and coastal processes in a number of tropical and subtropical coasts. Although a considerable amount of literature has been accumulated on the characteristics of this mesoscale meteorological phenomenon, little attention has been given to the mechanism of coupling with waves, currents, and beach topography.
Owing to the generally modest strength of winds in a sea breeze system, there is a tendency to discount its effects on the dynamic response of the coastal processes.
In areas where the sea breeze prevails for many months of the year, the cumulative effect of its winds, albeit modest, on coastal processes should reach a significant extent.
