Decadal variations in the California Current upwelling cells

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Chhak, Kettyah ^a   Di Lorenzo, E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL UPWELLING CELL; CURRENT UPWELLING CELLS; DECADAL VARIATIONS; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DECADAL VARIATION; ENTRAINMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548595649     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030203     Document Type: Article

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