HR: 1400h
AN: OS53A-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Low Frequency Waves Through the Gulf of California: Observations and Models
AU: * Flores-Morales, A L
EM: alflores@cicese.mx
AF: CICESE, POB 434844, San Diego, CA USA, United States
AU: Pares-Sierra, A
EM: apares@cicese.mx
AF: CICESE, POB 434844, San Diego, CA USA, United States
AB: Long time series of sea surface temperature and surface height along the Mexican Pacific coast show that propagating coastal Kelvin waves, some cases propagate to the interior of the Gulf of California, while in some other cases they completely skip the gulf and the waves propagate through the gulf mouth to the western side of the peninsula de Baja California and to the north. Using satellite observations to identified events and a combination of numerical (ROMS) and analytical model, we investigate this phenomena focusing on discerning the set of conditions (mainly intensity and frequency of the waves) that determine which of these two main outcomes develops. Preliminary results are presented.
DE: 4516 Eastern boundary currents
DE: 4522 ENSO (4922)
DE: 4534 Hydrodynamic modeling
DE: 4554 Planetary waves
DE: 4599 General or miscellaneous
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly