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Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1985-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1985-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
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28 Nov 2019
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 28 Nov 2019

Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman upwelling?

Anson Cheung, Baylor Fox-Kemper, and Timothy Herbert

Data sets

Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group, Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua Chlorophyll Data NASA Goddard Space Flight Center https://doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/MODIS/L3M/CHL/2018

GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 1 Hour. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC NOAA/NESDIS https://doi.org/10.5067/GOES3-1HOUR

GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 24 Hour. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC NOAA/NESDIS https://doi.org/10.5067/GOES3-24HOR

SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL Version 2) SeaPAC https://doi.org/10.5067/QSXXX-L3002

Model code and software

Source code and data for "Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman Upwelling?" A. Cheung, B. Fox-Kemper, and T. Herbert https://doi.org/10.26300/41y9-ts23

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Short summary
We test two assumptions that are often made in paleoclimate studies by using observations and ask whether temperature and productivity proxy records in the Southern California Current can be used to reconstruct Ekman upwelling. By examining the covariation between alongshore wind stress, temperature, and productivity, we found that the dominant covarying pattern does not reflect Ekman upwelling. Other upwelling patterns found are timescale dependent. Multiple proxies can improve reconstruction.
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