North Pacific Gyre Oscillation modulates seasonal timing and ecosystem functioning in the California Current upwelling system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chenillat, F ^a   Riviere P ^a   Capet, X ^b   Di Lorenzo, E ^c   Blanke, B ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; NEARSHORES; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL SHIFTS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TIME-SCALES; UPWELLING SYSTEMS; WEST COAST;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GYRE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855904373     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049966     Document Type: Article

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