P5.13
Modes of variability of the Yucatan current
Ana Julia Abascal, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; and J. Sheinbaum, J. Candela, J. L. Ochoa, and A. Badan
In August 1999, an eight-mooring array containing 33 Anderaa sensors (measuring velocity, temperature and salinity) and 8 upward looking ADCP's, was deployed across the Yucatan Channel, fully recovered in June 2000, and re-deployed for another 9 months. Data from this array are analysed using complex empirical orthogonal functions (CEOF) and multichannel singular spectrum analysis (M-SSA). Amplitud and phase structure of the main modes of variability in different frequency bands (periods between 2 and 45 days) are discussed together with their possible dynamical origin.
Poster Session 5, Ocean Dynamics II/Thermohaline Circulations— with Late morning coffee
Wednesday, 6 June 2001, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
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