Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009)
Over the last decades several studies have been conducted on upwelling along the Galician coast that have significantly improved the knowledge of this process. These investigations showed that upwelling along this coast is a frequent phenomenon during the spring and summer months, pumping colder Eas...
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ftria:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/27305 2023-05-15T17:36:53+02:00 Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) Revisión de los eventos de afloramiento en Galicia: eventos fuera de temporada en las rías (1967–2009) Álvarez, I. Prego, R. deCastro, M. Varela, M. 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27305 eng eng Universidad Autónoma de Baja California http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0185-38802012000200002 0185-3880 http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27305 2395-9053 openAccess Upwelling Autumn Winter Ria NW Iberian Peninsula article 2012 ftria 2022-05-25T18:37:57Z Over the last decades several studies have been conducted on upwelling along the Galician coast that have significantly improved the knowledge of this process. These investigations showed that upwelling along this coast is a frequent phenomenon during the spring and summer months, pumping colder Eastern North Atlantic Central Water into the rias. Nevertheless, several upwelling events in autumn and winter have been characterized in the Galician rias, indicating that the upwelling process along the Galician coast is not a phenomenon restricted to spring and summer. In this study the recurrence of these upwelling events has been reviewed from published articles and analyzed from 1967 to 2009 along the western and northern Galician coasts in terms of an upwelling index. The highest mean number of days under favorable upwelling conditions per month was observed during spring and summer on the western (18–26 days) and northern (12–14 days) coasts. During autumn and winter the number of days was lower (11–18 days, western coast; 8–10 days, northern coast) although not negligible, showing the possibility of observing upwelling events during this period. In fact, during these months a significant probability of observing favorable upwelling conditions along both coasts (26%) was found, though the most probable situation corresponded to unfavorable upwelling conditions (44%). The results thus revealed that these events cannot be considered isolated episodes. Upwelling processes in the rias should be observed under favorable conditions, such as prevalence of northerly wind at the adjacent western Galician shelf, independently of the season. Durante las últimas décadas se han llevado a cabo varios estudios relacionados con el fenómeno de afloramiento a lo largo de la costa de Galicia que han mejorado significativamente el conocimiento de este proceso. De los resultados de estos trabajos se ha encontrado que el afloramiento a lo largo de esta costa es un fenómeno frecuente durante los meses de primavera y verano, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro (RIA) De la Costa |
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Over the last decades several studies have been conducted on upwelling along the Galician coast that have significantly improved the knowledge of this process. These investigations showed that upwelling along this coast is a frequent phenomenon during the spring and summer months, pumping colder Eastern North Atlantic Central Water into the rias. Nevertheless, several upwelling events in autumn and winter have been characterized in the Galician rias, indicating that the upwelling process along the Galician coast is not a phenomenon restricted to spring and summer. In this study the recurrence of these upwelling events has been reviewed from published articles and analyzed from 1967 to 2009 along the western and northern Galician coasts in terms of an upwelling index. The highest mean number of days under favorable upwelling conditions per month was observed during spring and summer on the western (18–26 days) and northern (12–14 days) coasts. During autumn and winter the number of days was lower (11–18 days, western coast; 8–10 days, northern coast) although not negligible, showing the possibility of observing upwelling events during this period. In fact, during these months a significant probability of observing favorable upwelling conditions along both coasts (26%) was found, though the most probable situation corresponded to unfavorable upwelling conditions (44%). The results thus revealed that these events cannot be considered isolated episodes. Upwelling processes in the rias should be observed under favorable conditions, such as prevalence of northerly wind at the adjacent western Galician shelf, independently of the season. Durante las últimas décadas se han llevado a cabo varios estudios relacionados con el fenómeno de afloramiento a lo largo de la costa de Galicia que han mejorado significativamente el conocimiento de este proceso. De los resultados de estos trabajos se ha encontrado que el afloramiento a lo largo de esta costa es un fenómeno frecuente durante los meses de primavera y verano, ... |
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Álvarez, I. Prego, R. deCastro, M. Varela, M. |
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Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) |
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Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) |
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Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) |
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Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) |
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Galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) |
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galicia upwelling revisited: out-of-season events in the rias (1967–2009) |
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