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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1419-2019
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Research article
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07 Nov 2019
Research article |
| 07 Nov 2019
| 07 Nov 2019
The impact of upwelling on the intensification of anticyclonic ocean eddies in the Caribbean Sea
Carine G. van der Boog
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Invited contribution by Carine G. van der Boog, recipient of the EGU Ocean Sciences Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award 2018.
Julie D. Pietrzak
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Henk A. Dijkstra
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Nils Brüggemann
University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
René M. van Westen
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Rebecca K. James
Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Tjeerd J. Bouma
Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Riccardo E. M. Riva
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
D. Cornelis Slobbe
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Roland Klees
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Marcel Zijlema
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Caroline A. Katsman
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
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14 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Mesoscale eddy variability in the Caribbean Sea M. López-Álzate et al.
- Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Guajira Upwelling System (Colombia) J. Navarro et al.
- ENSO Modulates Mean Currents and Mesoscale Eddies in the Caribbean Sea M. Huang et al.
- Ocean heat budget characterization in the Western Tropical North Atlantic over the past 40 years A. Calzada et al.
- Growth and Decay of Northwestern Tropical Atlantic Barrier Layers A. Saha et al.
- Evidence of Loop Current Frontal Eddy Intensification Through Local Linear and Nonlinear Interactions with the Loop Current L. Hiron et al.
- Eddies Connect the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico M. Huang et al.
- Disruptions in thermohaline staircases caused by subsurface mesoscale eddies in the eastern Caribbean Sea S. Yang et al.
- On the Impact of the Caribbean Counter Current in the Guajira Upwelling System A. Orfila et al.
- Generation of Vorticity Near Topography: Anticyclones in the Caribbean Sea C. van der Boog et al.
- Mesoscale ocean dynamics drive chlorophyll-a distribution in the Caribbean Sea M. López-Alzate et al.
- Water masses in the Caribbean Sea and sub-annual variability in the Guajira upwelling region R. Torres et al.
- Characteristics of thermohaline staircases in the Southeast Caribbean sea revealed by seismic reflection data M. Liu et al.
- Reconstructing ocean-atmosphere interactions in La Guajira upwelling system through organic and mineral proxies over the past 1800 years A. Rodriguez-Burgos et al.
14 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Mesoscale eddy variability in the Caribbean Sea M. López-Álzate et al.
- Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Guajira Upwelling System (Colombia) J. Navarro et al.
- ENSO Modulates Mean Currents and Mesoscale Eddies in the Caribbean Sea M. Huang et al.
- Ocean heat budget characterization in the Western Tropical North Atlantic over the past 40 years A. Calzada et al.
- Growth and Decay of Northwestern Tropical Atlantic Barrier Layers A. Saha et al.
- Evidence of Loop Current Frontal Eddy Intensification Through Local Linear and Nonlinear Interactions with the Loop Current L. Hiron et al.
- Eddies Connect the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico M. Huang et al.
- Disruptions in thermohaline staircases caused by subsurface mesoscale eddies in the eastern Caribbean Sea S. Yang et al.
- On the Impact of the Caribbean Counter Current in the Guajira Upwelling System A. Orfila et al.
- Generation of Vorticity Near Topography: Anticyclones in the Caribbean Sea C. van der Boog et al.
- Mesoscale ocean dynamics drive chlorophyll-a distribution in the Caribbean Sea M. López-Alzate et al.
- Water masses in the Caribbean Sea and sub-annual variability in the Guajira upwelling region R. Torres et al.
- Characteristics of thermohaline staircases in the Southeast Caribbean sea revealed by seismic reflection data M. Liu et al.
- Reconstructing ocean-atmosphere interactions in La Guajira upwelling system through organic and mineral proxies over the past 1800 years A. Rodriguez-Burgos et al.
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Short summary
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.
We use a model of the Caribbean Sea to study how coastal upwelling along Venezuela impacts the...
