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COASTAL UPWELLING

Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE)

ISLAND UPWELLING

10 C isotherm depth (Levitus)

WinterSurfacewinds

Wintersurface pressure

Hawaii setting

(COADS)

Honolulu

OAHU

MOLOKAI

MAUILANAI

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Kailua-KonaHilo

HAWAII

Atmospheric lee

Chavanne et al., 2002

Wind forcing

9-month average (Sep. 96 – Jun 97)

Surface

wind

velocity

Wind

stress

curl

Surface

wind

divergence

Clouds

frequency

Chavanne et al.

2002

Oceanic lee

Mean currents Mean variability

Sverdrup

gyres

Chavanne et al.

(2002)

Eddies

Lumpkin & Flament, 2001

Hawaiian Lee Counter Current

M->EE->M E->M M->E

Barotropic conversion BaroclinicLumpkin, 1998

Winter Winds

Summer Winds

Pullen et al., 2008 (GRL)

Wind forcing

ISLAND UPWELLING

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