What is it about?
This paper shows the seasonal evolution of the cyclonic eddy as an oceanic response to the prevailing local wind. It provides detailed mechanism of eddy generation and evolution due to Ekman pumping without a strong oceanic flow passing the island.
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Why is it important?
Subject to the reversal of the Asian monsoon, local surface wind is more significant as forcing mechanism of currents flow within and around the Philippine Archipelago.
Perspectives
It's so fulfilling writing this article where the study area was where I was born and raised. Good to see the research results and its contribution to explain the ocean dynamics that help explain the abundance of fish during northeast monsoon period in our province, an event that I witnessed growing up.
Dr. Charina Lyn Amedo Repollo
Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines in Diliman
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This page is a summary of: Low-Frequency Surface Currents and Generation of an Island Lee Eddy in Panay Island, Philippines, Journal of Physical Oceanography, March 2019, American Meteorological Society,
DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0191.1.
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