Seasonal hydrodynamical features on the continental shelf of Colima (west coast of Mexico)
| Autor: | José Salas, Damià Gomis, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Geraldine Garcia-Uribe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Zdroj: | Scientia Marina, Vol 70, Iss 4, Pp 719-726 (2006) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0214-8358 1886-8134 |
| DOI: | 10.3989/scimar.2006.70n4719 |
| Popis: | Four high-resolution hydrographic surveys were carried out in 2002 on the continental shelf of Colima, Pacific coast of Mexico. The data collected revealed the presence of cyclonic and anticyclonic eddy-like features covering the whole extension of the shelf, which is a rather different pattern from the along-shore general circulation described in previous works. Despite the apparent complexity of the circulation features, the overall shelf-slope exchange pattern is similar in autumn and winter and the opposite in spring. In summer the exchanges also have a similar distribution to autumn and winter, but they are restricted to the upper layers. This suggests that the observed circulation features could result from the interaction between the large-scale seasonal circulation and some kind of local forcing. |
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