Interannual variability in the Yucatan Channel flow | Zendy

Athié Gabriela | Zendy; Sheinbaum Julio | Zendy; Leben Robert | Zendy; Ochoa José | Zendy; Shan Michael R. | Zendy; Candela Julio | Zendy

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Interannual variability in the Yucatan Channel flow

Author(s) -

Athié Gabriela,

Sheinbaum Julio,

Leben Robert,

Ochoa José,

Shan Michael R.,

Candela Julio

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1002/2014gl062674

Subject(s) - standard deviation , proxy (statistics) , channel (broadcasting) , mooring , geology , flow (mathematics) , environmental science , climatology , oceanography , statistics , mathematics , mechanics , telecommunications , physics , computer science

Mooring measurements in the Yucatan Channel, from May 2010 to May 2011 and from July 2012 to June 2013 yield a mean transport of 27 and 25 Sv, respectively, with a subinertial standard deviation of 3.5 Sv. These mean transport values are higher than the 23 Sv reported from 21 months of similar measurements (1999–2001). Analysis of low‐frequency variations of a transport proxy based on 20 years of altimetry data indicates that during 1999–2001, the flow through Yucatan Channel was anomalously low. This suggests that a sizable compensation through other channels off the Gulf of Mexico is required to match the transport cable measurements of the Florida Current at 27°N.

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