Spatially resolved upwelling in the California Current System and its connections to climate variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3189-3196

  Jacox, M G ^a   Moore, A M ^a   Edwards, C A ^a   Fiechter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current System; climate variability; eastern boundary current; ROMS 4D Var; upwelling; upwelling index

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; UPWELLING; UPWELLING INDICES;

VELOCITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84901932623     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059589     Document Type: Article

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