Observed (solid) vs. Modeled
(dashed) Sea Level Along the Mexican
Coast Associated With the
Coastally Trapped Waves (CTW)
Generated by Hurricane Juliette in
2001
1/12° Pacific HYCOM forced with FNMOC
NOGAPS/HR winds and FNMOC NOGAPS
thermal forcing. No data have been
assimilated into this model. Sea level data
provided by the University of
Hawaii and the Secretaria de Marina de México.
1st CTW
2nd CTW