Ecology of Buzzards Bay Ecology of Buzzards Bay : an estuarine profile ecologyofbuzzard00howe Year: 1996 118 BIOLOGICAL REPORT 31 the high frequency of major storms in the region. The magnitude of the effect of storms on the Buz- zards Bay system is determined by a variety of fac- tors, most importantly wind speed and direction, tide stage, rainfall, and season. Storms, both hurricanes and 'nor'easters,' tend to approach Buzzards Bay from the south. Wind speed and direction are determined, in part, by the track of the storm center as it passes the bay mov- ing northward. Storms in the northe
Ecology of Buzzards Bay Ecology of Buzzards Bay : an estuarine profile ecologyofbuzzard00howe Year: 1996 118 BIOLOGICAL REPORT 31 the high frequency of major storms in the region. The magnitude of the effect of storms on the Buz- zards Bay system is determined by a variety of fac- tors, most importantly wind speed and direction, tide stage, rainfall, and season. Storms, both hurricanes and 'nor'easters,' tend to approach Buzzards Bay from the south. Wind speed and direction are determined, in part, by the track of the storm center as it passes the bay mov- ing northward. Storms in the northern hemisphere rotate in the counter-clockwise direction (Pig. ). The effect of this rotation in a storm moving north- ward is that the wind speed of its eastern portion is effectively increased by the storm's advance while the winds of the storm's western portion have a lower ground speed. The enhanced wind effect on the eastern side of the storm has termed that side of the cyclone the 'dangerous semi-circle' (Oldale 1992). The effect on Buzzards Bay is that storms with centers passing to the west tend to produce the most coastal erosion and flooding. 'V
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