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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Response of subtropical shallow-water environments to cold-air outbreak events: Satellite radiometry and heat flux modeling
Continental Shelf Research, Volume 7, No. 7, Year 1987
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Cold-air outbreak induced chilling of shallow bay, bank, and shelf waters of southern Florida and the northern Bahamas was examined using satellite thermal infra-red measurements, in situ measurements, and a shallow-water heat flux model. Vast expanses of shallow waters are rapidly modified by the cold, dry continental air and high wind speeds characteristic of cold-front passages. Although water mass modifications are more rapid in shallow areas, prolonged effects are experienced in deeper shelf regions. Northerly winds accompanying the cold-air outbreak induce a net offshelf circulation, subjecting deeper regions to an inflow of chilled waters generated in shallower areas. Absence of coral reef development along preferential routes for offshelf water movement suggests that these winter processes are a limiting influence to southern Florida and northern Bahamas reef distribution. © 1987.
Authors & Co-Authors
Walker, Nan D.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
National Research Institute for Oceanology
Rouse, L. J.
United States, Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Huh, O. K.
United States, Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0278-4343(87)90014-8
ISSN:
02784343
Research Areas
Environmental