cciea_OC_UI3: Upwelling Index, 33N 119W, monthly

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Upwelling index computed from 1-degree FNMOC sea level pressure at 33 degrees of latitude. The coastal Upwelling Index is an index of the strength of the wind forcing on the ocean which has been used in many studies of the effects of ocean variability on the reproductive and recruitment success of many fish and invertebrate species.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 1956 rows and 5 variables:

time

Time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z) [-9.46944E7, 1.6172352E9]

upwelling_index

Upwelling Index, 33N 119W, monthly (m^3/s/100m coastline) [-39.515, 292.556]

nobs

Number of oberservations in month () [87, 124]

stdev

Standard deviation (m^3/s/100m coastline) [23.955, 337.93]

Source

https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/info/cciea_OC_UI3/index.html


marinebon/ecoidx documentation built on Jan. 19, 2022, 1:46 p.m.