The Santa Cruz Eddy. Part I: Observations and Statistics

摘要: Abstract A shallow cyclonic circulation that occurs in the summertime over Monterey Bay (California) is investigated. Since it often centered offshore from city of Santa Cruz and has never been studied detail before, named eddy (SCE) this study. Its horizontal size 10–40 km, its vertical extent 100–500 m. The SCE important for local weather because causes surface winds along coast to blow east instead northwest, latter being climatological summer pattern area. As a consequence eddy, cool moist air advected south southeast into area, bringing both relief heat fog city. unique high frequency occurrence. Most vortices western American form only during unusual events, whereas forms 78%–79% days summer. was determined after analyzing two years data with ...