A physical-oceanographic study of Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

 

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著者: Svendsen, Harald, Rosland, Rune, Myking, Steiner, Vargas, José A., Lizano, Omar G., Alfaro, Eric J.
フォーマット: artículo original
状態:Versión publicada
出版日付:2006
その他の書誌記述:A physical-oceanographic investigation based on field experiments and applications of a numerical model was carried out in Golfo Dulce, a fjord-like gulf at the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Due to the nearness to equator the effect of the Coriolis force on the circulation is negligible. Cross gulf gradients are therefore mainly related to the runoff pattern, local wind and topographic effects. The upper layer is characterized by low salinity and high temperature. Local wind effects and topographic steering results in marked across gulf velocity gradients in the upper layer. Along-gulf gradients in temperature and salinity are maintained by the freshwater runoff from the four rivers in the inner part of the gulf. A three-layer current structure is dominating in the sill area while in the deeper inner part of the gulf a two-layer estuarine circulation takes place above slowly moving deep water. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54 (Suppl. 1): 147-170. Epub 2006 Sept. 30
国:Portal de Revistas UCR
機関:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
言語:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26848
オンライン・アクセス:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26848
Access Level:acceso abierto
キーワード:Golfo Dulce
salinity/temperature distribution
circulation
exchange processes
numerical modeling