LOCAL WIND FORCING AND SMALL SCALE UPWELLING
No. 18 (1982), Conference Proceedings
No. 18 (1982)

LOCAL WIND FORCING AND SMALL SCALE UPWELLING

Conference Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v18.144
Published 1982-01-29
Cairns A.R. Bain
Nuclear Development Corporation, S.U.N.I.
PDF

Keywords

wind forcing
local wind
small scale
upwelling

How to Cite

Bain, C. A. (1982). LOCAL WIND FORCING AND SMALL SCALE UPWELLING. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(18), 144. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v18.144
ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver

Download Citation

Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX

Abstract

This study characterizes some wind stress effects on a coastal site which is a focus of small scale upwelling having a scale of the order of 10 km. Two time scales are considered. Firstly the seasonal character of wind stress with the associated sea temperature fluctuations is described. Secondly individual wind events of a few days duration are characterized by extent and rate of upwelling and offshore displacement of the thermocline front. Data on the thermocline displacement is fitted to Csanady's model of coastal upwelling, which leads to the prediction of upwelling parameters for given wind events.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v18.144
PDF
Authors retain copyright and grant the Proceedings right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this Proceedings.