The warming of the California current system: Dynamics and ecosystem implications

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-362

  Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ^a,b   Miller, Arthur J ^a   Schneider, Niklas ^c   McWilliams, James C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; SURFACE WATERS;

CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS (CALCOFI); OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS; OCEAN TEMPERATURS; SPACE-TIME ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

OCEANIC CURRENT; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744368755     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-2690.1     Document Type: Article

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