Three 5-month time series recorded simultaneously from study sites located at 45 km intervals along the inner continental shelf of Florida's central Atlantic coast are used to investigate spatial and temporal characteristics of the region's summer upwelling. Results tend to support historical findings that upwelling along the inner shelf occurs as discrete events lasting on the order of several days to about three weeks during which time water temperatures may decrease 8-12 C from the seasonal norm of 28 ͦ-30 ͦ C. The upwelling-induced temperature anomalies also exhibit patchiness over spatial scales on the order of tens of kilometers. Incorporation of local meteorological data indicated that, at best, wind stress played a supplementary role in producing the observed upwelling.
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Three 5-month time series recorded simultaneously from study sites located at 45 km intervals along the inner continental shelf of Florida's central Atlantic coast are used to investigate spatial and temporal characteristics of the region's summer upwelling. Results tend to support historical findings that upwelling along the inner shelf occurs as discrete events lasting on the order of several days to about three weeks during which time water temperatures may decrease 8-12 C from the seasonal norm of 28 ͦ-30 ͦ C. The upwelling-induced temperature anomalies also exhibit patchiness over spatial scales on the order of tens of kilometers. Incorporation of local meteorological data indicated that, at best, wind stress played a supplementary role in producing the observed upwelling.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1197
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the final publication available and may be cited as: Pitts, P. A. (1993). Coastal upwelling off the
central Florida Atlantic coast: cold near-shore waters during summer months surprise many divers. In
J. N. Heine & N. L. Crane (Eds.), Diving for science ... 1993: proceedings of the American Academy of
Underwater Sciences thirteenth annual Scientific Diving Symposium (pp. 99-106). Nahant, MA:
American Academy of Underwater Sciences.
the final publication available and may be cited as: Pitts, P. A. (1993). Coastal upwelling off the
central Florida Atlantic coast: cold near-shore waters during summer months surprise many divers. In
J. N. Heine & N. L. Crane (Eds.), Diving for science ... 1993: proceedings of the American Academy of
Underwater Sciences thirteenth annual Scientific Diving Symposium (pp. 99-106). Nahant, MA:
American Academy of Underwater Sciences.
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Coastal upwelling off the central Florida Atlantic coast: cold near-shore waters during summer months surprise many divers
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American Academy of Underwater Sciences.
Nahant, MA
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Nahant, MA
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Coastal upwelling off the central Florida Atlantic coast: cold near-shore waters during summer months surprise many divers
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Coastal upwelling off the central Florida Atlantic coast: cold near-shore waters during summer months surprise many divers