Satellite AVHRR observations of the intensification of the shelf break current during an upwelling event off Vancouver Island

AVHRR satellite imagery during July 1984 was used to investigate the spatial and temporal variability of the shelf break current during an upwelling event off Vancouver Island. The onset of the order 10-day upwelling event initially appears as a plume of cold water at the tip of Brooks Peninsula. As...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staples, Gordon C.
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2622