Seasonal hydrodynamical features on the continental shelf of Colima (west coast of Mexico)
Salas, J.D.; Gomis, D.; Olivos-Ortiz, A.; García-Uribe, G. (2006). Seasonal hydrodynamical features on the continental shelf of Colima (west coast of Mexico). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 70(4): 719-726. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n4719
In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, meer
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west coast of Mexico; Colima shelf; seasonal hydrodynamics |
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- Salas, J.D.
- Gomis, D.
- Olivos-Ortiz, A.
- García-Uribe, G.
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| Abstract |
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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