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27 Sep 2023
| OSR7 | Chapter 4.3
| 27 Sep 2023 | OSR7 | Chapter 4.3
Intense wind-driven coastal upwelling in the Balearic Islands in response to Storm Blas (November 2021)
Baptiste Mourre
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
Emma Reyes
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
Pablo Lorente
Puertos del Estado, 28042 Madrid, Spain
Alex Santana
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
Jaime Hernández-Lasheras
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
Ismael Hernández-Carrasco
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
Maximo García-Jove
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
Nikolaos D. Zarokanellos
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System,
07122 Palma, Spain
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We characterize the signature of an intense storm-induced coastal upwelling along the north-western coast of the Balearic Islands in 2021 using a high-resolution operational prediction model. The upwelling, with a duration of 3 d and a spatial offshore extension of 20 km, led to cross-shore surface temperature differences of up to 6 °C. It was the most intense event of the past 9 years in terms of the impact on temperature and the second-most intense event in terms of cross-shore transports.
We characterize the signature of an intense storm-induced coastal upwelling along the...
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