Dynamics of wind-driven upwelling and relaxation between Monterey Bay and Point Arena: Local-, regional-, and gyre-scale controls

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Pringle, James M ^a,b   Dever, Edward P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WIND;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSE WATERS; GRADIENT OF TEMPERATURE; MONTEREY BAY; SCALE CONTROL; SUMMER UPWELLING; TEMPORAL SCALE; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BATHYMETRY; COLD WATER; DENSE WATER; EQUATORIAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNDERCURRENT; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; POINT ARENA; POINT REYES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349883838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005016     Document Type: Article

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