Wind relaxations and poleward flow events in a coastal upwelling system on the central California coast

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Melton, Christopher ^a   Washburn, Libe ^a   Gotschalk, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LANDFORMS; MOORING; PUMPS; SEA LEVEL; WIND;

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL UPWELLING; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TIMES SERIES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; FLOW PATTERN; POLAR MOTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; WIND PROFILE;

ALGERIA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749101309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005397     Document Type: Article

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