Frictional Response of Continental Shelf Water to Local Wind Forcing

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1733-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin B. Schwing ◽  
Lie-Yauw Oey ◽  
Jackson O. Blanton
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Wind Forcing ◽  
Shelf Water ◽  
Local Wind ◽  
Continental Shelf Water ◽  
Local Wind Forcing

Local wind forcing of the Monterey Bay area inner shelf

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick T. Drake ◽  
Margaret A. McManus ◽  
Curt D. Storlazzi
Keyword(s):  
Wind Forcing ◽  
Monterey Bay ◽  
Local Wind ◽  
Inner Shelf ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Local Wind Forcing

scholarly journals TEMPERATURE, SALINITY AND OXYGEN CLIMATOLOGY OF AFRICAN CONTINENTAL SHELF WATER, SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, AND CHANGES SINCE 1945

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie de Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Shelf Water ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
Continental Shelf Water ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Oceanographic Data ◽  
Spatial Grid

The first temperature, salinity and oxygen climatologies for waters of the continuous southern African continental shelf is presented. It is based on oceanographic data collected since 1945, sub-sampled at depths of 5, 50 and 100 m on a mixed-spatial grid with 0.25° to 0.5° resolution. The climatologies capture spatial heterogeneities and seasonal variability in key ocean variables for the southern African shelf in unique detail. The results correspond relatively well with biogeographic boundaries informed by classification schemes grounded in taxonomy, but questions the value of the Large Marine Ecosystem approach. Analysis of decadal trends demonstrates the inherent complexity and spatial heterogeneity associated with environmental variability, and suggest the possibility that decadal periodicities are in the process of being disrupted by a longer-term trend. The overall pattern is that southern African West and South coast shelf waters are becoming warmer, except for some upwelling areas, where cooling is evident. Benguela and Agulhas Bank shelf water are also becoming more oxygen depleted.

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