GOOS Mexico - Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System

GOOS Mexico
Potentialities and Perspectives
Networks that should be part of GOOSMEX:
•  Sismological, Tsunamis, Sea level
•  Meteorological (Coastal and buoys)
•  Waves, Extreme Events
•  Drifting and Moored buoys (Coastal currents SST, SSS, surface and
subsurface)
•  HAB´s, Bacteriological Monitoring in Beaches
•  Coral reefs observation network
•  Carbon fluxes (pCO2, sources and sinks)
•  More colaboration with international programs for deep ocean
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Sea level
Moored buoys
Tsunamis
Currents,
Hydrography
•  Coral reefs
•  Red tides
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Radar antennas
Coastal erosion
Bathymetry
Water Quality
(enterococos)
Tide gauge stations
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Ensenada, B. C.
San Felipe, B. C.
Golfo de Santa Clara
Puerto Peñasco
Guaymas
Bahía de los Ángeles
Cabo San Lucas
La Paz
Mazatlán
Manzanillo
Puerto Vallarta
Acapulco
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Calica
Cozumel
Puerto Progreso
Cd. Del Carmen
Veracruz
Tuxpan
Cd. Madero
Historical sea level data (UNAM)
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific coast
Tide gauge stations
Buoys
No exiten 1
remolinos
ni ondas
en la costa
Sea Level
simulated
by
NLOM
Inicia la 6
fusión de los
remolinos
Onda
2
Atrapada a
la costa
interanual
3
Coastally
trapped wave
Formación
de
4
remolinos
Rossby
waves
5
Ø Segunda hipótesis:
El viento y las ondas atrapadas a la costa como los
generadores y moduladores de los remolinos de
Tehuantepec
Antennas
Coral reefs
Veracruz beaches
Contamination (SEMARNAT,
Salud)
Earthquakes in Mexico
La Manzanilla, Jal.
October 1995
Location of earthquakes that
generate tsunamis
Tide gauge stations