Relative influence of oceanic and terrestrial pressure systems in driving upwelling-favorable winds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5311-5315

  Garcia Reyes M ^a   Sydeman, W J ^a   Black, B A ^b   Rykaczewski, R R ^c   Schoeman, D S ^d   Thompson, S A ^a   Bograd, S J ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

continental thermal low; subtropical highs; upwelling winds; winter upwelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WINDS; CONTINENTAL THERMAL LOW; PRESSURE SYSTEM; REANALYSIS DATABASE; SUBTROPICAL HIGHS; UPWELLING SYSTEMS; WIND VARIABILITIES; WINTER UPWELLING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84885511379     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057729     Document Type: Article

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