Description and Mechanisms of the Mid-Year Upwelling in the Southern Caribbean Sea from Remote Sensing and Local Data

Description and Mechanisms of the Mid-Year Upwelling in the Southern Caribbean Sea from Remote Sensing and Local Data

The southern Caribbean Sea experiences strong coastal upwelling between December and April due to the seasonal strengthening of the trade winds. A second upwelling was recently detected in the southeastern Caribbean during June–August, when local coastal wind intensities weaken. Using synoptic satel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Digna T. Rueda-Roa, Tal Ezer, Frank E. Muller-Karger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
coastal upwelling
SST
Caribbean Sea
Ekman transport
Ekman pumping/suction
wind curl
remote sensing
CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/6/2/36

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