Coastal upwelling in a warmer future

Coastal upwelling helps set the physical context for marine ecosystems, and upwelling zones are among the most productive regions of the global ocean. Unlike earlier models, two state-of-the-art climate models exhibit little change during the next century in the magnitude and seasonality of coastal...

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Published inGeophysical research letters Vol. 29; no. 23; pp. 53 - 1 to 53-4
Main Authors Mote, P W, Mantua, N J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2002
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Summary:Coastal upwelling helps set the physical context for marine ecosystems, and upwelling zones are among the most productive regions of the global ocean. Unlike earlier models, two state-of-the-art climate models exhibit little change during the next century in the magnitude and seasonality of coastal upwelling, but climate models are still probably not sufficiently developed (for example, they underestimate interdecadal variability in upwelling) to provide valid projections of this key component of the coastal environment. (Author)
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ISSN:0094-8276