Figure 2
From: Fortnightly atmospheric tides forced by spring and neap tides in coastal waters
Simulated differences in surface atmospheric properties.
Values of the neap tide run minus the spring tide run are shown by colour shading with contours. a–c, (a) modelled air temperature (2-m height), (b) modelled wind speed (10-m height) and (c) MODIS SST imposed on the modelled sea surface. All values and wind vectors are averaged over summers (June–August) from 2003 to 2012. The scales are shown at the bottom of each panel. Contour intervals are (a) 0.1 °C, (b) 2% and (c) 0.15 °C. In panel (b) the colour shading represents the ratio of the wind-speed difference between spring and neap tide runs to wind speeds in spring tide runs. The Generic Mapping Tools were used to create the maps in this figure.
