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Article

Influence of Trade Winds on the Detection of Trans-Hemispheric Swells near the Canary Islands

by
Emilio Megías
1,2,* and
Manuel García-Román
3
1
School of Doctoral and Postgraduate Programs, University of La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, S/C Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
2
Satocan SA, 38296 La Laguna, S/C Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
3
Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering, University of La Laguna, 38001 La Laguna, S/C Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Atmosphere 2022, 13(4), 505; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040505
Submission received: 14 February 2022 / Revised: 15 March 2022 / Accepted: 18 March 2022 / Published: 22 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Coastal Zone Research: Meteorological Hazards and the Environment)
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Abstract

Trade winds are common in the Canary Islands archipelago and affect not only the weather of the islands but also the local wave climate. On the other hand, the arrival in the Canaries of swells from the Southern Hemisphere is little known, but usual. The records of these swells arriving in the Canary Islands have two clear peaks throughout the year, one in spring and the other in autumn. In this work, how the trade winds influence the detection of this type of swells is studied. It is estimated that only approximately half of this type of wave that reaches the Canary Islands could be adequately recorded in the buoy output data tables by the action of these winds. Therefore, their effects may be underestimated in local wave climate studies.
Keywords: trade winds; swells; wind waves; deep water buoy; bias correction techniques; Canary Islands trade winds; swells; wind waves; deep water buoy; bias correction techniques; Canary Islands

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Megías, E.; García-Román, M. Influence of Trade Winds on the Detection of Trans-Hemispheric Swells near the Canary Islands. Atmosphere 2022, 13, 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040505

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Megías E, García-Román M. Influence of Trade Winds on the Detection of Trans-Hemispheric Swells near the Canary Islands. Atmosphere. 2022; 13(4):505. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040505

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Megías, Emilio, and Manuel García-Román. 2022. "Influence of Trade Winds on the Detection of Trans-Hemispheric Swells near the Canary Islands" Atmosphere 13, no. 4: 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040505

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Megías, E., & García-Román, M. (2022). Influence of Trade Winds on the Detection of Trans-Hemispheric Swells near the Canary Islands. Atmosphere, 13(4), 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040505

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