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MATEOS, Efrain  and  MARINONE, Silvio Guido. Current variability by wave propagation in Todos Santos Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Cienc. mar [online]. 2017, vol.43, n.3, pp.191-201.  Epub June 25, 2021. ISSN 0185-3880.  https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v43i3.2775.

The temperature, velocity, and sea level fields for a summer climatological month (August) were analyzed using tridimensional and baroclinic model outputs in Todos Santos Bay (TSB), Baja California, Mexico. The numerical model was forced with wind (non-stationary), heat flux, and California Current System climatology on the open boundary. The 3- to 5-day current variability is related to a baroclinic wave traveling towards the northwest of the bay. Wave travel periodicity was due to the release of accumulated water from the Ensenada-Punta Banda Estuary (E-PBE) region. Local wind stress causes southeastward water flow and, given the TSB geometry, water accumulates in the E-PBE region. Weakening wind stress was the main cause of water release. In addition, complex empirical orthogonal function analysis found that outer TSB disturbances cause sea level variability.

Keywords : Todos Santos Bay; subinertial wave travel.

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