Large-Scale Structure in Wind Forcing over the California Current System in Summer. Fewings, M. R. Monthly Weather Review, 145(10):4227–4247, October, 2017. ![Large-Scale Structure in Wind Forcing over the California Current System in Summer [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex The wind that drives oceanic eastern boundary upwelling systems is highly variable. In many locations, the standard deviation of wind velocity on time scales of days to weeks is larger than the mean. In the; similar to 1600-km-long California Current System (CCS), the spatial decorrelation scale of the wind fluctuations is similar to 400-800 km, suggesting wind fluctuations in the north and south ends of the system are not related. Yet, there is also the suggestion in the literature of a larger-scale structure in the fluctuations. Here, empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of buoy and satellite wind velocities confirms the existence of that structure. This analysis covers a larger spatial domain than previous EOF studies in the CCS and, to allow for propagation of the wind fluctuations, includes an approach for calculating Hilbert EOFs from time series with gaps. The large-scale structure in the wind fluctuations is a quasi-dipole pattern spanning the coastline from Washington through California. It accounts for similar to 60% of the wind velocity variance on time scales of days to weeks. The time-mean wind velocity, showing a continuous zone of intensified wind along the coast, is deceptive. When the northern half of the CCS is in a relaxation state, the southern half often experiences intensified winds, and vice versa. There should be a resulting out-of-phase structure in oceanic upwelling. The out-of-phase wind fluctuations in the north and south parts of the CCS may affect the forcing of oceanic coastal-trapped waves, mesoscale eddy generation at capes, and offshore export of carbon.
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volume = {145},
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abstract = {The wind that drives oceanic eastern boundary upwelling systems is highly variable. In many locations, the standard deviation of wind velocity on time scales of days to weeks is larger than the mean. In the; similar to 1600-km-long California Current System (CCS), the spatial decorrelation scale of the wind fluctuations is similar to 400-800 km, suggesting wind fluctuations in the north and south ends of the system are not related. Yet, there is also the suggestion in the literature of a larger-scale structure in the fluctuations. Here, empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of buoy and satellite wind velocities confirms the existence of that structure. This analysis covers a larger spatial domain than previous EOF studies in the CCS and, to allow for propagation of the wind fluctuations, includes an approach for calculating Hilbert EOFs from time series with gaps. The large-scale structure in the wind fluctuations is a quasi-dipole pattern spanning the coastline from Washington through California. It accounts for similar to 60\% of the wind velocity variance on time scales of days to weeks. The time-mean wind velocity, showing a continuous zone of intensified wind along the coast, is deceptive. When the northern half of the CCS is in a relaxation state, the southern half often experiences intensified winds, and vice versa. There should be a resulting out-of-phase structure in oceanic upwelling. The out-of-phase wind fluctuations in the north and south parts of the CCS may affect the forcing of oceanic coastal-trapped waves, mesoscale eddy generation at capes, and offshore export of carbon.},
language = {English},
number = {10},
journal = {Monthly Weather Review},
author = {Fewings, M. R.},
month = oct,
year = {2017},
keywords = {sea-surface temperature, atmospheric, continental-shelf, Meteorology \& Atmospheric Sciences, boundary-layer, empirical orthogonal functions, relaxation, reversals, states west-coast, upwelling system, vicente iberian peninsula, warm-season},
pages = {4227--4247}
}
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