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Upper ocean water properties and currents along paired sections in the Northern California Current, September 1999-2003

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Title Upper ocean water properties and currents along paired sections in the Northern California Current, September 1999-2003
Names Fleischbein, Jane (creator)
Huyer, Adriana, 1945- (creator)
Kosro, P. Michael, 1951- (creator)
Smith, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1935- (creator)
Wetz, Jennifer Jarrell (creator)
Wheeler, Patricia A. (creator)
Date Issued 2006-01 (iso8601)
Internet Media Type application/pdf
Abstract As part of the U. S. GLOBEC NorthEast Pacific
Program we made repeated seasonal hydrographic surveys in
the northern California Current system between July
1997 and September 2003. These surveys included sampling
along a pair of hydrographic sections, one north (at 44.6ºN)
and one south (at 41.9ºN) of Cape Blanco (Figure 1) in
September of five years (1999-2003). The coastal upwelling
associated with the California Current experiences maximum
upwelling during summer, and usually continues through much
of September; upwelling is usually stronger at 42ºN than at
45ºN. One purpose of this report is to show
differences and similarities between the coastal upwelling
domains north and south of Cape Blanco. We present graphical
summaries of the physical oceanographic and biochemical
observations along both sections, principally in the form of
zonal sections (0-160 km from shore, 0-150 m depth). We also
show offshore profiles of a few selected properties, and some
characteristic diagrams (T-S, oxygen-S, etc.). Similar reports
showing results for mid-summer and for spring have already
been published (Fleischbein et al., 2005a, b).
Genre Technical Report
Topic Chemical oceanography -- California Current -- Observations
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/4877

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