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Research article
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27 May 2016
Research article |
| 27 May 2016
Current temporal asymmetry and the role of tides: Nan-Wan Bay vs. the Gulf of Elat
Department of Solar Energy and
Environmental Physics, BIDR, Ben-Gurion University, Midreshet
Ben-Gurion, 84990, Israel
Erick Fredj
The Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel
Hezi Gildor
Institute of Earth
Sciences, The Hebrew University, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram,
Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
Gwo-Ching Gong
Institute of Marine Environment and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
Hung-Jen Lee
Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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Short summary
Nan-Wan Bay in Taiwan and the Gulf of Elat in Israel are two different coastal environments, and as such, their currents are expected to have different statistical properties. We find that in spite of these differences, the statistical properties of the surface currents are similar in both basins. Still, surface currents are temporally asymmetric in Nan-Wan but not in Elat; we attribute this difference to the strong tides that exist in Nan-Wan but not in Elat.
Nan-Wan Bay in Taiwan and the Gulf of Elat in Israel are two different coastal environments, and...
