Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico

ABSTRACT Sea level, water temperature, and wind stress data were obtained from the Western Gulf of Mexico to elucidate the relationship between sea level changes and meteorological variables in a tropical coral reef system. Sea level and water temperature data were measured with a series of acoustic...

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Autores principales:	Vera-Mendoza,Román Rodolfo, Salas-de-León,David Alberto, Salas-Monreal,David, Ortiz-Figueroa,Modesto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2017
Materias:	sea level variability ocean-air interaction tropical coral reef system Gulf of Mexico Veracruz Reef System National Park
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-560X20170004007972017-10-11Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of MexicoVera-Mendoza,Román RodolfoSalas-de-León,David AlbertoSalas-Monreal,DavidOrtiz-Figueroa,Modesto sea level variability ocean-air interaction tropical coral reef system Gulf of Mexico Veracruz Reef System National Park ABSTRACT Sea level, water temperature, and wind stress data were obtained from the Western Gulf of Mexico to elucidate the relationship between sea level changes and meteorological variables in a tropical coral reef system. Sea level and water temperature data were measured with a series of acoustic Doppler current profilers anchored at a depth of approximately 13 m in the Veracruz Reef System. The barometric and wind stress data were obtained from an automatic coastal weather station. Principal Component Analysis was applied to the series to determine the relative influence of the different meteorological variables on sea level. The seasonal variability of sea level is evident in the year-long data (September 2008 to April 2010) with a thermal expansion during the summer. Barometric pressure was found to be the second strongest forcing mechanism of sea level variability and not the first one. Opposite to what would be expected in protected coastal areas where the wind forcing mechanism on sea level may not be as important. The local winds were the main forcing mechanism of the sea level variability from March to September, while the meridional winds were more important than local winds from October to February.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del MarLatin american journal of aquatic research v.45 n.4 20172017-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2017000400797en10.3856/vol45-issue4-fulltext-15
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topic	sea level variability ocean-air interaction tropical coral reef system Gulf of Mexico Veracruz Reef System National Park
spellingShingle	sea level variability ocean-air interaction tropical coral reef system Gulf of Mexico Veracruz Reef System National Park Vera-Mendoza,Román Rodolfo Salas-de-León,David Alberto Salas-Monreal,David Ortiz-Figueroa,Modesto Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico
description	ABSTRACT Sea level, water temperature, and wind stress data were obtained from the Western Gulf of Mexico to elucidate the relationship between sea level changes and meteorological variables in a tropical coral reef system. Sea level and water temperature data were measured with a series of acoustic Doppler current profilers anchored at a depth of approximately 13 m in the Veracruz Reef System. The barometric and wind stress data were obtained from an automatic coastal weather station. Principal Component Analysis was applied to the series to determine the relative influence of the different meteorological variables on sea level. The seasonal variability of sea level is evident in the year-long data (September 2008 to April 2010) with a thermal expansion during the summer. Barometric pressure was found to be the second strongest forcing mechanism of sea level variability and not the first one. Opposite to what would be expected in protected coastal areas where the wind forcing mechanism on sea level may not be as important. The local winds were the main forcing mechanism of the sea level variability from March to September, while the meridional winds were more important than local winds from October to February.
author	Vera-Mendoza,Román Rodolfo Salas-de-León,David Alberto Salas-Monreal,David Ortiz-Figueroa,Modesto
author_facet	Vera-Mendoza,Román Rodolfo Salas-de-León,David Alberto Salas-Monreal,David Ortiz-Figueroa,Modesto
author_sort	Vera-Mendoza,Román Rodolfo
title	Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico
title_short	Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico
title_full	Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico
title_fullStr	Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico
title_sort	wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western gulf of mexico
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate	2017
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Wind forcing of sea level variability in a tropical coral reef area in the western Gulf of Mexico

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