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Data analysis: Benthic temperatures - Upwelling events

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The strongest upwelling events of the stratified season

Upwelling velocities: v = 10-20 [cm/s]

b) August 13-14, 2013

c) September 4-5, 2013

ΔT > 16 ○C in less than 6 hours


Notes:

●In these figures we have on the Y axis the stations along the longitudinal transect of Outer Harbour and on the X axis the time

●We estimate the average upwelling currents velocity between 10 to 20 cm/s

●The zoomed in sections clearly capture the advancement of two upwelling events in between 3 to 4 August and 4-5 September when the water temperature dropped by more than 15 C in less than 6 hours

●The temperature image maps are drawn with the bottom temperature first and therefore what looks like a temperature inversion is a normal stratification.