Eddy-induced reduction of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems

N Gruber, Z Lachkar, H Frenzel, P Marchesiello… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Eddies and other mesoscale oceanic processes, such as fronts, can enhance biological
production in the ocean, according to several open-ocean studies. The effect is thought to be …

Vertical structure of mesoscale eddies in the eastern South Pacific Ocean: A composite analysis from altimetry and Argo profiling floats

A Chaigneau, M Le Texier, G Eldin… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The mean vertical structure of mesoscale eddies in the Peru‐Chile Current System is
investigated by combining the historical records of Argo float profiles and satellite altimetry …

Eddy activity in the four major upwelling systems from satellite altimetry (1992–2007)

A Chaigneau, G Eldin, B Dewitte - Progress in Oceanography, 2009 - Elsevier
Eddy activity in the four major eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUS) is investigated
using 15years of satellite altimetry data. Based on the analysis of more than 4000 long-lived …

The Humboldt Current System: Ecosystem components and processes, fisheries, and sediment studies

V Montecino, CB Lange - Progress in Oceanography, 2009 - Elsevier
In the Humboldt Current System (HCS), biological and non-biological components,
ecosystem processes, and fisheries are known to be affected by multi-decadal, inter-annual …

Main eddy vertical structures observed in the four major Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems

C Pegliasco, A Chaigneau… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the four major Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS), mesoscale eddies are
known to modulate the biological productivity and transport near‐coastal seawater …

Synthesis of Pacific Ocean climate and ecosystem dynamics

E Di Lorenzo, V Combes, JE Keister, PT Strub… - Oceanography, 2013 - JSTOR
The goal of the Pacific Ocean Boundary Ecosystem and Climate Study (POBEX) was to
diagnose the large-scale climate controls on regional transport dynamics and lower trophic …

Seasonal regulation of primary production in eastern boundary upwelling systems

M Messié, FP Chavez - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
The regulation of seasonal satellite-derived primary production (PP) was investigated within
a 150 km coastal box in four eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUS): California, Peru …

Water-column cooling and sea surface salinity increase in the upwelling region off central-south Chile driven by a poleward displacement of the South Pacific High

W Schneider, D Donoso, J Garcés-Vargas… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Here we present results of direct observations of seawater temperature and salinity over the
continental shelf off central-south Chile that shows an unprecedented cooling of the entire …

Seasonal variability of coastal upwelling and the upwelling front off central Chile

J Letelier, O Pizarro, S Nuñez - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll a (Chl a) satellite data to study
the seasonal variability of the upwelling off central Chile. Data from an oceanographic cruise …

Characteristics, vertical structures, and heat/salt transports of mesoscale eddies in the southeastern tropical I ndian O cean

G Yang, W Yu, Y Yuan, X Zhao, F Wang… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite altimetry sea surface height measurements reveal high mesoscale eddy activity in
the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean (SETIO). In this study, the characteristics of …