State of the California Current 2010-2011: Regionally Variable Responses to a Strong (But Fleeting) La Nina

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Bjorkstedt, Eric P.
Goericke, Ralf
McClatchie, Sam
Weber, Ed
Watson, William
Lo, Nancy
Peterson, Bill
Emmett, Bob
Brodeur, Ric
Peterson, Jay
Litz, Marisa
Gomez-Valdes, Jose
Gaxiola-Castro, Gilberto
Lavaniegos, Bertha
Chavez, Francisco
Sakuma, Keith
Field, John
Bograd, Steven J.
Schwing, Franklin B.
Warzybok, Pete
Bradley, Russell
Jahncke, Jaime
Campbell, Gregory S.
Hildebrand, John A.
Sydeman, William J.
Thompson, Sarah Ann
Largier, John L.
Halle, Chris
Kim, Sung Yong
Abell, Jeff
Collins, Curtis A.
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The state of the California Current system (CCS)
since spring 2010 has evolved in response to the development
of cooler La Niña following the dissipation of
the relatively weak and short-lived El Niño event of
2009–2010. The 2009–2010 El Niño appears to have
dissipated quite rapidly in early spring 2010, yet the
transition to anomalously cool conditions followed
somewhat later with the onset of anomalously strong
upwelling throughout the CCS in summer 2010 and
the development of unusually—in some cases record—
cool conditions throughout the CCS. However, following
the fairly consistent emergence of cooler La Niña
conditions across the CCS going into summer 2010,
regional contrasts were apparent. Off southern California,
the effects of both the 2009–2010 El Niño and subsequent
return to La Niña conditions appear to have
had modest effects on the system, and the patterns that
attract interest appear to be unfolding over longer time
scales (e.g., freshening of upper water column and trends
in nitrate and oxygen concentrations).
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CalCOFI Rep., Vol. 52, 2011
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