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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-113-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-113-2019
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12 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2019

The land–sea coastal border: a quantitative definition by considering the wind and wave conditions in a wave-dominated, micro-tidal environment

Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Jue Lin-Ye, Manuel García-León, Vicente Gràcia, and Elena Pallarès

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A quantitative definition for the coastal border isotropy of met-ocean processes is proposed. Wind velocity and significant wave height anisotropies are examined along four transects at the north-western Mediterranean coast. Both decrease offshore, determining a coastal fringe of width of 2–4 km. The joint probability structure reflects a decoupling near the coast and a stronger dependence in the bay-like part, where the wave field is being more actively generated by the overlaying wind.