INLAND PENETRATION OF SEA BREEZE IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE NORTHWESTERN BLACK SEA

摘要

Radar and synoptic data from the Anti-Hail Service, Republic of Moldova, for 1987-2000 were used to study the depth of inland penetration of a sea breeze and related convection intensity in the coastal zone of the northwestern Black Sea (southwest of Odessa region of Ukraine and southern Moldova). Inland penetration of a sea breeze was classified into five types. The most intense convection is connected with the second type of penetration. The maximum frequency of hail clouds is also observed there (44.1%). The integral picture of the radar echo from cumulonimbus clouds (RECC) is compared with different types of inland penetration of a sea breeze. It is shown that the RECC structures developing in the coastal zone are independent of the type of inland penetration of a sea breeze.