Upwelling response to atmospheric coastal jets off central Chile: A modeling study of the October 2000 event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Renault, Lionel ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^b   Marchesiello, Patrick ^b   Illig, Séréna ^b   Echevin, Vincent ^c   Cambon, Gildas ^b   Ramos, Marcel ^d   Astudillo, Orlando ^d   Minnis, Patrick ^e   Ayers, J Kirk ^f  

^a SOCIB Sistema d'Observació Costaner de les Illes Balears   (Spain)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; COOLING; MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CENTRAL CHILE; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL JETS; COASTAL UPWELLING; COASTAL WINDS; CORE AREA; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EKMAN PUMPING; HEAT BALANCE; MODEL RESOLUTION; MODELING STUDIES; NEAR-SHORE ZONES; NEARSHORES; OCEANIC RESPONSE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SEA SURFACES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET; VERTICAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANTICYCLONE; COOLING; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EKMAN PUMPING; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; JET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84857429834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007446     Document Type: Article

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