Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-389-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-389-2020
Research article
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02 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 02 Apr 2020

Storm-driven across-shelf oceanic flows into coastal waters

Sam Jones, Mark Inall, Marie Porter, Jennifer A. Graham, and Finlo Cottier

Data sets

Fluxes Across Sloping Topography of the North East Atlantic (FASTNEt) Data Set Scottish Association for Marine Science https://edmed.seadatanet.org/report/5930/

Time series data collected by the Tiree Passage current meter mooring (1981 onwards) Scottish Association for Marine Science https://edmed.seadatanet.org/report/5774/

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The ocean is an important source of nutrients and organisms to coastal waters, but it is not clear what controls current flow between the deep ocean and the coast. We contrasted ocean flow pathways and coastal water properties between summer 2013 and a series of intense storms in December 2013. Further, we assessed the likelihood of storms occurring over the North Atlantic during each winter. We found that local weather patterns exert a strong influence on coastal water properties and origins.