Surface currents during anomalous upwelling seasons off central Califprnia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Kaplan, David M ^a   Halle, Chris ^b   Paduan, Jeff ^c   Largier, John L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DATA SETS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FIRST QUARTER; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HF RADARS; SURFACE CURRENT; TRANSPORT PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT VELOCITY; EXTREME EVENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADAR IMAGERY; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77949344346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005382     Document Type: Article

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