Turbulent jets and eddies in the California Current and inferred cross-shore transports
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Mooers, Christopher N.K.
Robinson, Allan R.
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1984
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JSTOR
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The instantaneous California Current is seen to consist of intense meandering current filaments Uets) intermingled with synoptic-mesoscale eddies. These quasi-geostrophic jets entrain cold, upwelled coastal waters (md rapidly advect them far offshore; this behavior accounts for the elongated, cool surface features that are seen extending across the California Current region in satellite infrared imagery. The associated advective mechanism should provide significant cross-shore transports of heat, nutrients, biota, and pollutants. The dynamics of the current system should be crucially influenced by its highly variable structure.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.223.4631.51
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Oceanography
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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3 p.
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Mooers, Christopher NK, and Allan R. Robinson. "Turbulent jets and eddies in the California Current and inferred cross-shore transports." Science 223.4631 (1984): 51-53.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.