Abstract

FILONOV, Anatoliy et al. Coastal response to the passage of tropical cyclone Juliette on the Central Pacific Coast of Mexico. Geofís. Intl [online]. 2021, vol.60, n.4, pp.357-366.  Epub Jan 31, 2022. ISSN 2954-436X.  https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2021.60.4.2161.

In situ coastal oceanographic and meteorological data were collected on the Mexican Tropical Pacific coast near Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico, during September 2001 from before, during and after the passing of Hurricane Juliette. The hurricane resulted in a significant deepening of the thermocline, mixing of the upper 40 m of the water column, and a rise in sea level of almost 50 cm at the coast, with effects lasting for about 5 days. A decrease in temperature and an increase in salinity occurred in the upper 20 m of the water column, with the opposite occurring below 20 m. Although analyses of open ocean responses to hurricanes are widely available from satellite data, in situ coastal water-column and sea-level data are difficult to acquire, yet crucial to inform modeling studies. This data set provides a rare opportunity to explore in situ hurricane effects on this coast.

Keywords : hurricane; coastal processes; sea-level rise; over-tiding and coastally trapped waves.