to analyze issues such as (1) the key role they play in the heat budget of the region that in spring and summer exhibits high atmospheric temperatures (>35°C). (2) The interaction between these events and the Northerly cold wind burst phenomena, which also cools down the water temperature of the region. (3) The important implications they have to the marine biota over the bank by bringing colder and nutrient-rich underwaters of Caribbean origin.
Acknowledgments
This work was possible thanks to the financial aid of CONACyT grants: Cátedras CONACyT (1912), Ciencia Básica (257075), Apoyo al Fortalecimiento y Desarrollo de la Infraestructura Científica y Tecnológica (270455). Special thanks to Gabriel May Uc, Julio Uc Medina and Heber Uc González for their fieldwork support in the oceanic surveys, and to the Instituto EPOMEX for all the facilities provided to carry out this work.
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