Sentences with phrase «in alongshore»
Semipermanent anticyclones (high surface pressures), which tend to develop on the eastern sides of the world's ocean basins, result in alongshore surface wind stresses.
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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest coral reef system in the world, extending 2,300 km alongshore.
On the relationship between the meridional overturning circulation, alongshore wind stress, and United States East Coast sea level in the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble (Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans)
The drift is persistent; while it occasionally swings alongshore, it was seen most of the time and in all months of the year.
The ocean as a whole is warming; however, coastal upwelling may ultimately be enhanced by alongshore winds, which strengthen in proportion to the temperature contrast between the oceanic and continental air masses [Sydeman et al., 2014].
These alongshore stresses act in concert with the Coriolis force to drive offshore oceanic (Ekman) transport that in turn pumps deep, cold water up to the coastal margins.