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Ciencias Mar<strong>in</strong>as, Vol. 37, No. 4A, 2011variability on <strong>the</strong> western coast is related to <strong>the</strong> changes <strong>in</strong>magnitude and direction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current and to <strong>the</strong> formation<strong>of</strong> anticyclonic eddies dur<strong>in</strong>g some Tehuano events.DynamicsTo assess <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> w<strong>in</strong>d stress on <strong>coastal</strong> <strong>circulation</strong><strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> GT, f<strong>in</strong>ite differences and <strong>in</strong>terpolation methods werecalcularon la energía c<strong>in</strong>ética (E k ) y la vorticidad relativa (en los nodos de la malla del área de cobertura de los sistemasRAF. Para cada nodo de la malla en la figura 2a, se calculó elcoeficiente de correlación entre las series de tiempo de lacomponente zonal ( x ), la componente meridional ( y ), elrotacional ( × ) y la divergencia () del esfuerzo delviento y las series de tiempo de E k (fig. 4a–d) y de (fig. 4e–h).Latitude (°N)1615.515Latitude (°N)1615.515-95.5 -95 -94.5 -94Longitude (°W)-95.5 -95 -94.5 -94Longitude (°W)26 27 28 29 30 31 32SST (°C)Figure 3. Daily averages <strong>of</strong> surface current superposed on GOES sea surface temperature (SST) imagery after a nor<strong>the</strong>rly w<strong>in</strong>d event on(a) 16 February 2005 and (b) 17 February 2005. Surface current fields and SST for (c) 19 February 2005 and (d) 20 February 2005, when aTehuano event occurred. White arrows <strong>in</strong>dicate <strong>the</strong> w<strong>in</strong>d field (STM = Santa María del Mar; CAN = Playa Cangrejo).Figura 3. Promedios diarios de la corriente superficial sobrepuesta en imágenes de temperatura superficial del mar (SST, por sus siglas en<strong>in</strong>glés) del producto GOES después de un evento de viento del norte (a) el 16 de febrero de 2005 y (b) el 17 de febrero de 2005. Campos decorrientes superficiales y SST para el (c) 19 de febrero de 2005 y (d) 20 de febrero de 2005, cuando se observó un evento de viento tehuano.Las flechas blancas muestran el campo de viento (STM = Santa María del Mar; CAN = Playa Cangrejo).448

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