Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1419-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1419-2019
Research article
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07 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2019

The impact of upwelling on the intensification of anticyclonic ocean eddies in the Caribbean Sea

Carine G. van der Boog, Julie D. Pietrzak, Henk A. Dijkstra, Nils Brüggemann, René M. van Westen, Rebecca K. James, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Riccardo E. M. Riva, D. Cornelis Slobbe, Roland Klees, Marcel Zijlema, and Caroline A. Katsman

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We use a model of the Caribbean Sea to study how coastal upwelling along Venezuela impacts the evolution of energetic anticyclonic eddies. We show that the anticyclones grow by the advection of the cold upwelling filaments. These filaments increase the density gradient and vertical shear of the anticyclones. Furthermore, we show that stronger upwelling results in stronger eddies, while model simulations with weaker upwelling contain weaker eddies.