The nature of the cold filaments in the California Current system

Coastal upwelling in the California current system

1983 • 812 citations

The California current system—hypotheses and facts

1979 • 798 citations

The California Current system: The seasonal variability of its physical characteristics

1987 • 758 citations

Drifter observations of coastal surface currents during CODE: The method and descriptive view

1985 • 447 citations

An objective method for computing advective surface velocities from sequential infrared satellite images

1986 • 323 citations

Seasonal cycles of currents, temperatures, winds, and sea level over the northeast Pacific continental shelf: 35°N to 48°N

1987 • 278 citations

The evolving structure of an upwelling filament

1985 • 273 citations

Relaxation from upwelling in the Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment

1987 • 250 citations

The Coastal Transition Zone program

1991 • 224 citations

California Current Eddy Formation: Ship, Air, and Satellite Results

1977 • 212 citations

Turbulent Jets and Eddies in the California Current and Inferred Cross-Shore Transports

1984 • 190 citations

Large‐scale structure of the spring transition in the coastal ocean off western North America

1987 • 175 citations

Least squares multiple tracer analysis of water mass composition

1987 • 168 citations

Seasonal variability of alongshore geostrophic velocity off central California

1984 • 167 citations

Phytoplankton pigment patterns in the California Current as determined by satellite1

1986 • 166 citations

The influence of winds and topography on the sea surface temperature patterns over the northern California slope

1985 • 155 citations

Satellite Observations and Modeling of Meanders in the California Current System off Oregon and Northern California

1984 • 154 citations

Dynamical simulations of filament formation and evolution in the Coastal Transition Zone

1991 • 140 citations

CTD and velocity surveys of seaward jets off northern California, July 1981 and 1982

1986 • 129 citations

Eastern Boundary Currents and Coastal Upwelling

1982 • 127 citations

Horizontal transport and the distribution of nutrients in the Coastal Transition Zone off northern California: Effects on primary production, phytoplankton biomass and species composition

1991 • 126 citations

Mesoscale surveys over the shelf and slope in the upwelling region near Point Arena, California

1987 • 123 citations

Satellite observations of phytoplankton variability during an upwelling event

1985 • 121 citations

A numerical investigation of jets and eddies near an eastern ocean boundary

1991 • 117 citations

The structure of the transition zone between coastal waters and the open ocean off northern California, winter and spring 1987

1991 • 115 citations

Seasonal and nonseasonal variability of satellite‐derived surface pigment concentration in the California Current

1990 • 111 citations

Currents and water masses of the Coastal Transition Zone off northern California, June to August 1988

1991 • 102 citations

Three-Dimensional Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current

1989 • 100 citations

An Inverse Model for Near-Surface Velocity from Infrared Images

1989 • 98 citations

Poleward flow off central California during the spring and summer of 1981 and 1984

1988 • 89 citations

Statistical properties of near‐surface flow in the California Coastal Transition Zone

1991 • 89 citations

Water mass subduction and the transport of phytoplankton in a coastal upwelling system

1991 • 83 citations

A cool anomaly off northern California: An investigation using IR imagery and in situ data

1985 • 83 citations

Physical, chemical and biological structure of a coastal eddy near Cape Mendocino

1990 • 82 citations

Evaluation of the Maximum Cross-Correlation Method of Estimating Sea Surface Velocities from Sequential Satellite Images

1990 • 81 citations

Mesoscale eddies, jets, and fronts off Point Arena, California, July 1986

1989 • 81 citations

Zooplankton community pattern associated with a California Current cold filament

1991 • 79 citations

Surface patterns in temperature, flow, phytoplankton biomass, and species composition in the coastal transition zone off Northern California

1990 • 78 citations

An offshore study in the California current system preface

1984 • 78 citations

Phytoplankton and photosynthetic light response in the Coastal Transition Zone off northern California in June 1987

1991 • 74 citations

An offshore eddy in the California current system Part I: Interior dynamics

1984 • 72 citations

Evidence of subduction within cold filaments of the northern California Coastal Transition Zone

1991 • 66 citations

The physical structure of cold filaments near Point Arena, California, during June 1987

1991 • 65 citations

Phytoplankton pigment patterns and wind forcing off central California

1991 • 65 citations

Sea surface motion over an anticyclonic eddy on the Oyashio Front

1984 • 62 citations

A Lagrangian description of motion in Northern California coastal transition filaments

1990 • 56 citations

Seasonal and interannual variability of pigment concentrations across a California Current frontal zone

1990 • 56 citations

A Summary of the Optoma Program's Mesoscale Ocean Prediction Studies in the California Current System.

1989 • 54 citations

Hydrographic observations off Northern California during May 1977

1981 • 54 citations

Structure and dynamics of a coastal filament

1991 • 50 citations

Application of a laboratory model to the interpretation of satellite and field observations of coastal upwelling

1989 • 48 citations

Dynamical Interpolation and Forecast of the Evolution of Mesoscale Features off Northern California

1987 • 47 citations

Observations of phytoplankton and nutrients from a Lagrangian drifter off northern California

1990 • 47 citations

Enhancement of fronts by vertical mixing

1990 • 45 citations

Temperature—plant pigment—optical relations in a recurrent offshore mesoscale eddy near Point Conception, California

1986 • 43 citations

Nutrient Mapping and Recurrence of Coastal Upwelling Centers by Satellite Remote Sensing: Its Implication to Primary Production and the Sediment Record

1983 • 43 citations

Dynamical Forecasting and Dynamical Interpolation: An Experiment in the California Current

1986 • 38 citations

Dynamics of the Coastal Transition Zone through data assimilation studies

1991 • 37 citations

Annual Rossby Wave Characteristics in the California Current Region from the GEOSAT Exact Repeat Mission

1990 • 30 citations

Convergent Shelf Flow at Cape Mendocino

1990 • 29 citations

The Coastal Transition Zone Program

1988 • 29 citations

Dynamics of the Coastal Transition Zone jet: 2. Nonlinear finite amplitude behavior

1991 • 27 citations

A numerical study of wind forcing of eddies and jets in the California Current System

1989 • 25 citations

On the amplification of convergences in coastal currents and the formation of "squirts"

1986 • 22 citations

Upwelling filaments and motion of a satellite‐tracked drifter along the west coast of North America

1987 • 16 citations

Dynamics of the Coastal Transition Zone jet: 1. Linear stability analysis

1991 • 15 citations

Mixing and Intrusions in a Rotating Cold-Core Feature off Cape Blanco, Oregon

1988 • 14 citations

CTD Observations in the Coastal Transition Zone off Northern California, 16-25 February 1987.

1988 • 6 citations

Third hole planned at Valles Caldera

1988 • 4 citations

Mesoscale Variability Off California As Seen By The Geosat Altimeter

2005 • 3 citations