Observations of increased wind-driven coastal upwelling off Central California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Garcia Reyes M ^a   Largier, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WIND EFFECTS;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE INDEX; COASTAL UPWELLING; COLDER WATER; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERANNUAL; MODEL-BASED; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTERS; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DATA BUOY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GYRE; NORTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SHORELINE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953591806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005576     Document Type: Article

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