caa a22 4500 445800976 CHVBK 20180317145141.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00704-010-0383-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00704-010-0383-7 Thermally induced wind patterns in the Sahelian city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [Elektronische Daten] [Jenny Lindén, Björn Holmer] The urban surface wind field in the dry-tropical city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso was studied based on data collected at one urban and one suburban station during early dry season. An intra-urban thermal breeze, creating almost opposite wind directions at the two sites, was found during nights with high atmospheric stability. The high atmospheric stability suggests a decoupling of the surface wind layer from the layer above, allowing the wind system to develop due to the strong intra-urban temperature gradients in the city. Frequent temporary breakdowns of the thermal wind system were noticed, generally generating a turn in wind direction towards that of the regional wind, thus indicating a re-coupling with a stronger wind flow in the wind layer above. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Lindén Jenny Urban Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box460, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden aut Holmer Björn Urban Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box460, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden aut Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 105/1-2(2011-08-01), 229-241 0177-798X 105:1-2<229 2011 105 704 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-010-0383-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-010-0383-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lindén Jenny Urban Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box460, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Holmer Björn Urban Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box460, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 105/1-2(2011-08-01), 229-241 0177-798X 105:1-2<229 2011 105 704 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer