ENSO and the California current coastal upwelling response

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1691-1702

  Jacox, Michael G ^a,b   Fiechter, Jerome ^a   Moore, Andrew M ^a   Edwards, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; El Ni o; ENSO; La Ni a; source waters; upwelling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NITRATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 85027948579     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010650     Document Type: Article

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