Why is land breeze experienced at night?

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The land breeze is experienced at night. At night, land gets cooler more quickly as a result of rapid radiation than the adjoining sea. This results in high pressure over the land and low pressure over the sea. So, the wind started blowing from land to sea and is called 'Land Breeze'.

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Q57) consider the following statements about sea breeze and land breeze.

i) The cool breeze to the sea from the land is called a sea breeze.

ii) The land breeze is observed at night.

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