Sea Breeze and Land Breeze: How Coastal Winds Form Day and Night #249756 (License: Personal Use)

This two-panel diagram illustrates the diurnal cycle of coastal winds: in daylight, solar heating warms land more rapidly than water, causing warm air to rise over land and drawing cooler marine air inland (sea breeze). At night, the land surface cools faster than the sea, making the land air denser; it sinks and flows offshore, while warmer sea air rises-producing a land breeze. Arrows indicate airflow direction, with sun and moon symbols denoting time of day.

Used in meteorology education, environmental science curricula, and weather forecasting resources to explain local wind systems; targets students, educators, and curious learners seeking foundational atmospheric dynamics knowledge.