Ekman transport and pumping in the California Current based on the U.S. Navy's high-resolution atmospheric model (COAMPS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Pickett, Mark H ^a   Paduan, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; COAMPS; Ekman pumping; Upwelling; Wind stress curl

Indexed keywords

EKMAN TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642440072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001902     Document Type: Article

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