The North Pacific High and wintertime pre-conditioning of California current productivity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-546

  Schroeder, Isaac D ^a   Black, Bryan A ^b   Sydeman, William J ^c   Bograd, Steven J ^a   Hazen, Elliott L ^a   Santora, Jarrod A ^c   Wells, Brian K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

biological productivity; California Current; North Pacific High; upwelling; wintertime

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; NORTH PACIFIC; UPWELLING; WINTERTIME;

PRODUCTIVITY;

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FISH; SEA LEVEL; SEABIRD; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84878178603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50100     Document Type: Article

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