2017
DOI: 10.1002/2016jc012466
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Local diurnal wind‐driven variability and upwelling in a small coastal embayment

Abstract: The oceanic response to high‐frequency local diurnal wind forcing is examined in a small coastal embayment located along an understudied stretch of the central California coast. We show that local diurnal wind forcing is the dominant control on nearshore temperature variability and circulation patterns. A complex empirical orthogonal function (CEOF) analysis of velocities in San Luis Obispo Bay reveals that the first‐mode CEOF amplitude time series, which accounts for 47.9% of the variance, is significantly co… Show more

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“…At the SMB shelf latitude, the diurnal frequency is subinertial ( ωK1<f). All three SMB simulations underrepresent the observed diurnal peak in the temperature and velocity spectra, likely due to the lack of diurnal wind‐forcing (sea‐breeze), which has been shown to drive diurnal temperature and velocity variability on the SMB shelf (Cudaback & McPhee‐Shaw, ; Pidgeon & Winant, ; Walter et al, ). Subinertial internal diurnal tidal motions can also be generated by abrupt topography (e.g., Beckenbach & Terrill, ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…At the SMB shelf latitude, the diurnal frequency is subinertial ( ωK1<f). All three SMB simulations underrepresent the observed diurnal peak in the temperature and velocity spectra, likely due to the lack of diurnal wind‐forcing (sea‐breeze), which has been shown to drive diurnal temperature and velocity variability on the SMB shelf (Cudaback & McPhee‐Shaw, ; Pidgeon & Winant, ; Walter et al, ). Subinertial internal diurnal tidal motions can also be generated by abrupt topography (e.g., Beckenbach & Terrill, ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…However, much larger diurnal cycles in wind speed are found in data from some coastal land stations. These occur due to local sea and land breeze effects, which at locations in the tropics can extend 10s of km from the coast (Miller et al 2003;Gille et al 2005), and can affect many physical and biological processes including the local ocean circulation (e.g., Walter et al 2017) and conceivably sea level to some extent. Inevitably, the sea and land breezes are not represented well in the large-scale meteorological products that are used for storm surge modelling.…”
Section: Daily Coastal Sea Level Variabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The HFIW signal observed in the seasonal thermocline is likely associated with forcing by a combination of the local winds and tidal flows within the fjord. HFIWs, with frequencies near the maximum buoyancy frequency, have been observed in lakes (Antenucci & Imberger, ; Boegman et al, ), on continental shelves (Curtin & Mooers, ), in the high‐latitude Arctic (Rippeth et al, ), and in a coastal embayment (Walter et al, ). A variety of processes can generate HFIWs including internal wave‐wave interactions, topographic effects, and shear instabilities.…”
Section: Summary and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%