The Guajira upwelling system

CA Andrade, ED Barton - Continental Shelf Research, 2005 - Elsevier
The coastal upwelled waters of the Guajira coast, the most northerly peninsula of South
America, were studied on the basis of historical data bases, remotely sensed data, and three …

Local and synoptic mechanisms causing Southern California's Santa Ana winds

M Hughes, A Hall - Climate Dynamics, 2010 - Springer
The atmospheric conditions that lead to strong offshore surface winds in Southern California,
commonly referred to as Santa Ana winds, are investigated using the North American …

[HTML][HTML] Local regimes of atmospheric variability: A case study of Southern California

S Conil, A Hall - Journal of Climate, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
Local Regimes of Atmospheric Variability: A Case Study of Southern California in: Journal of
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The influence of wind and waves on the existence of stable intertidal morphology in meso-tidal estuaries

S Hunt, KR Bryan, JC Mullarney - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Most theories on the stability of estuarine morphology highlight the dominance of tidal
asymmetry in controlling the morphological stability. Numerical modelling experiments over …

Influence of high-resolution wind forcing on hydrodynamic modeling of the Gulf of Lions

A Schaeffer, P Garreau, A Molcard, P Fraunié, Y Seity - Ocean Dynamics, 2011 - Springer
The impact of the choice of high-resolution atmospheric forcing on ocean summertime
circulation in the Gulf of Lions (GoL; Mediterranean Sea) is evaluated using three different …

[HTML][HTML] Forecast skill of synoptic conditions associated with Santa Ana winds in Southern California

C Jones, F Fujioka, LMV Carvalho - Monthly weather review, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Composites of sea level pressure (contours) and 10-m surface winds (vectors). Composites
are for 936 days of Santa Ana wind conditions identified with NCEP–DOE reanalysis (1979 …

High‐frequency response of the ocean to mountain gap winds in the northeastern tropical Pacific

JH Liang, JC McWilliams… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The wind jets generated by the three mountain gaps of Central America have a substantial
impact on the mean state of the northeastern tropical Pacific. Here, we study the mean …

Filament formation and evolution in buoyant coastal waters: Observation and modelling

I Iermano, G Liguori, D Iudicone, BB Nardelli… - Progress in …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the formation and subsequent evolution of
filament-like structures observed in a relatively small area of the mid-Tyrrhenian Sea …

Human-induced changes in wind, temperature and relative humidity during Santa Ana events

M Hughes, A Hall, J Kim - Climatic Change, 2011 - Springer
The frequency and character of Southern California's Santa Ana wind events are
investigated within a 12-km-resolution downscaling of late-20th and mid-21st century time …

Tracking reveals behavioural coordination driven by environmental constraints in the Black‐vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas

C Soldatini, YV Albores‐Barajas… - Population …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
During the breeding season, seabird foraging trips are constrained by nest attendance
schedule and are necessarily colony centred. Oceanographic cues play a major role in the …