Corrigendum to 'A 60 year wave hindcast dataset in the Caribbean Sea' Data in Brief, 37 (2021)/ 107153

Abstract Wave energy flux (WEF) is assessed in the Caribbean Sea from a 60-year (1958--2017) wave hindcast. We use a novel approach, based on neural networks, to identify coherent regions of similar WEF and their association with different climate patterns. This method allows for a better evaluation of the underlying dynamics behind seasonal and inter-annual WEF variability, including the effect induced by the latitudinal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and the influence of El Ni\~no-Southern Oscillation events. Results show clear regional differences of the WEF variability likely due to both a clear regionalization of the WEF due to both the intensification and migration of the ITCZ. WEF exhibits a strong semiseasonal signal in areas of the continental shelf, with maximums in January and June, in agreement with the sea surface temperature and sea level pressure variability. At larger scales, WEF shows a significant correlation with the Oceanic Ni\~no Index depicting positive values in the central and western basin and negative ones at the eastern side.

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Wave Climate and Trends for the Gulf of Mexico: A 30-Yr Wave Hindcast

Journal of Climate ◽

10.1175/jcli-d-13-00206.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 1619-1632 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Christian M. Appendini ◽

Alec Torres-Freyermuth ◽

Paulo Salles ◽

Jose López-González ◽

E. Tonatiuh Mendoza

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Model Performance ◽

Wave Model ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

Wave Climate ◽

Computational Domain ◽

Extreme Wave ◽

Wave Hindcast ◽

The Mean ◽

The Caribbean

Abstract This paper describes wave climate and variability in the Gulf of Mexico based on a 30-yr wave hindcast. The North American Regional Reanalysis wind fields are employed to drive a third-generation spectral wave model with high spatial (0.005°–0.06°) and temporal (3 hourly) resolution from 1979 through 2008. The wave hindcast information is validated using National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) data and altimeter wave information (GlobWave). The model performance is satisfactory (r2 ~ 0.90) in the Gulf of Mexico and to a lesser extent in the Caribbean Sea (r2 ~ 0.87) where only locally generated waves are considered. However, the waves generated by the Caribbean low-level jet (CLLJ) are discussed in this work. Subsequently, the yearly/monthly mean and extreme wave climates are characterized based on the (30 yr) wave hindcast information. The model results show that the mean wave climate is mainly modulated by winter cold fronts (nortes) in the Gulf of Mexico, whereas extreme wave climate is modulated by both hurricane and norte. Extreme wave heights in the Gulf of Mexico have increased at a rate of 0.07–0.08 m yr−1 in September/October because of increased cyclone intensity in the last decade. However, there is no significant trend when considering the annual statistics for extreme events. Furthermore, modeling results also suggest that the CLLJ modulates the mean wave climate in the Caribbean Sea and controls the rate of mean wave height increase (0.03 m yr−1) in the Caribbean. However, these later results need to be corroborated by extending the computational domain in order to include the swell coming from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Costapex baldwinae, a new species of bathyal costellariid (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Caribbean Sea

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington ◽

10.2988/20-00010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (1) ◽

Author(s):

M. G. Harasewych ◽

Juan E. Uribe ◽

Alexander E. Fedosov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

The Caribbean ◽

A New Species

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A mechanism for freshening the Caribbean Sea in pre‐Ice Age time

Paleoceanography ◽

10.1002/2013pa002515 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 508-517 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Alberto M. Mestas‐Nuñez ◽

Peter Molnar

Keyword(s):

Caribbean Sea ◽

Ice Age ◽

The Caribbean

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Implications of GNSS-Inferred Tropopause Altitude Associated with Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13101939 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 1939

Author(s):

Tao Xian ◽

Gaopeng Lu ◽

Hongbo Zhang ◽

Yongping Wang ◽

Shaolin Xiong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gamma Ray ◽

Thermal Structure ◽

Deep Convection ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

Negative Bias ◽

Upper Troposphere ◽

Cold Anomaly ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Geographic Distributions

The thermal structure of the environmental atmosphere associated with Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) is investigated with the combined observations from several detectors (FERMI, RHESSI, and Insight-HXMT) and GNSS-RO (SAC-C, COSMIC, GRACE, TerraSAR-X, and MetOp-A). The geographic distributions of TGF-related tropopause altitude and climatology are similar. The regional TGF-related tropopause altitude in Africa and the Caribbean Sea is 0.1–0.4 km lower than the climatology, whereas that in Asia is 0.1–0.2 km higher. Most of the TGF-related tropopause altitudes are slightly higher than the climatology, while some of them have a slightly negative bias. The subtropical TGF-producing thunderstorms are warmer in the troposphere and have a colder and higher tropopause over land than the ocean. There is no significant land–ocean difference in the thermal structure for the tropical TGF-producing thunderstorms. The TGF-producing thunderstorms have a cold anomaly in the middle and upper troposphere and have stronger anomalies than the deep convection found in previous studies.

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A New Cymothoid Isopod, Glossobius Hemiramphi, From the Mouth of the Ballyhoo, Hemiramphus Brasiliensis (Linnaeus) (Exocoetidae), in the Caribbean Sea

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/156854085x00837 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 48 (1-3) ◽

pp. 147-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ernest H. Williams ◽

Lucy Bunkley Williams

Keyword(s):

Caribbean Sea ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Cymothoid Isopod

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Axinyssa ambrosia and Axinyssa yumae (Porifera, Halichondrida): two valid sponge species from the Caribbean Sea

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3682.3.10 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3682 (3) ◽

pp. 495 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SVEN ZEA ◽

DIEGO VALDERRAMA ◽

ANA MARÍA MARTÍNEZ

Keyword(s):

Caribbean Sea ◽

Sponge Species ◽

The Caribbean

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Nonlinear analysis of the occurrence of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics ◽

10.5194/npg-25-291-2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 291-300 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Berenice Rojo-Garibaldi ◽

David Alberto Salas-de-León ◽

María Adela Monreal-Gómez ◽

Norma Leticia Sánchez-Santillán ◽

David Salas-Monreal

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Nonlinear Analysis ◽

Chaotic Behavior ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

Historical Record ◽

Nonlinear Analyses ◽

The North ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The Individual

Abstract. Hurricanes are complex systems that carry large amounts of energy. Their impact often produces natural disasters involving the loss of human lives and materials, such as infrastructure, valued at billions of US dollars. However, not everything about hurricanes is negative, as hurricanes are the main source of rainwater for the regions where they develop. This study shows a nonlinear analysis of the time series of the occurrence of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea obtained from 1749 to 2012. The construction of the hurricane time series was carried out based on the hurricane database of the North Atlantic basin hurricane database (HURDAT) and the published historical information. The hurricane time series provides a unique historical record on information about ocean–atmosphere interactions. The Lyapunov exponent indicated that the system presented chaotic dynamics, and the spectral analysis and nonlinear analyses of the time series of the hurricanes showed chaotic edge behavior. One possible explanation for this chaotic edge is the individual chaotic behavior of hurricanes, either by category or individually regardless of their category and their behavior on a regular basis.

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Temporal distribution and population structure of two congeneric species ofCucullanus(Nematoda: Cucullanidae) inOrthopristis ruberin Venezuela

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x08873567 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 69-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A.K. Bashirullah ◽

M.T. Diaz

Keyword(s):

Temporal Distribution ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

Congeneric Species ◽

Mean Intensity ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

The North ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Over Exploitation ◽

Fish Hosts

AbstractThe qualitative and quantitative parameters of temporal distribution ofCucullanus tripapillatusandCucullanus chrysophrydesin the intestine ofOrthopristis ruberin the Caribbean Sea on the north of Margarita Island, Venezuela were analysed. A total of 540 fish were collected at random from the catch of commercial trawlers during 1982–83 and 1992–93. Both species ofCucullanuswere found throughout the year; prevalence and mean intensity ofC. tripapillatuswere higher than that ofC. chrysophrydes. A significant difference was found in infection between the two years of sampling. Female worms were more abundant than male in both years. Both species exhibited pronounced prevalence and maturity in September and March of each year, indicating seasonality. The patterns of occurrence of the two species ofCucullanusinO. ruberdid not change in the 10-year interval but the host size and number of parasites declined, which may be due to over-exploitation of definitive fish hosts.

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