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Exploring California's Eastern Boundary Currents

Discover the dynamic Eastern Boundary Currents of California, including upwelling, water masses, and the impacts of global warming. Learn about CANON Experiment, CalCOFI, and the essential role they play in oceanography research.

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Exploring California's Eastern Boundary Currents

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  1. The California Current Golden State, Green Ocean Lauren Weisel Physical Oceanography 2012

  2. Overview Location Eastern Boundary Currents Physical Characteristics Upwelling CANON Experiment CalCOFI Global Warming

  3. Location Image source: http://seasonsinthesea.com/photos/physical/cal-current-winter-spring-400.jpg

  4. Eastern Boundary Currents Relatively shallow, broad, and slow-flowing Equatorward flow Upwelling Image source: *

  5. Physical Characteristics • 4 different water masses • Each with different properties

  6. Upwelling Ekman transport-driven Cold water drawn upwards Nutrient-rich Image source: http://www.scielo.cl/fbpe/img/rchnat/v77n3/img01-06.jpg

  7. Image source: http://im.glogster.com/media/3/10/5/10/10051035.png

  8. CANON Experiment MBARI “Going with the flow” Picoplankton Nitrate vs. ammonia Image source: http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2010/canon/canon_sept.html

  9. CalCOFI Founded in response to sardine fishing crisis Major researchers in eastern Pacific

  10. Global Warming Temperatures along California coast on the rise Zooplankton on the decline Anthropogenic?

  11. References Fulton-Bennett, Kim (2010) The CANON experiments – Tracking algal blooms by “going with the flow” Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. <http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2010/canon/canon_sept.html> Accessed 4 Dec 2012. Lynn, Ronald J., James J. Simpson (1987) The California Current system: the seasonal variability of its physical characteristics. Journal of Geophysical Research, 92, 12,947-12,966 Ohman, Mark D., Elizabeth L. Venrick (2003) CalCOFI in a changing ocean. Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Roemmich, Dean, John McGowan (1995) Climatic warming and the decline of zooplankton in the California Current. Science, 267, 1324-1326. * http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/staff/gpk/Teaching-undergrad/es427/rice.glacier.edu-oceans/GLACIER%20Oceans-%20--%20Windcirculation_files/4_easternboundcurr.gif

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