Image: Diagram of California Current System
Description: This diagram shows the paths of the major currents in the California Current System, including the California Current, the coastal jet, the Davidson Current and California Undercurrent, and the Southern California Eddy/Countercurrent. The diagram is based on these sources: - Checkley, D.M.; Barth, J.A. (2009-07-26). "Patterns and processes in the California Current System". Progress in Oceanography. 104 (10): 3719–3724. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.028 - Checkley Jr., D.M.; Ayon, P.; Baumgartner, T.R.; Bernal, M.; Coetzee, J.C.; Emmett, R.; Guevara-Carrasco, R.; Hutchings, L.; Ibaibarriaga, L.; Nakata, H.; Oozeki, Y.; Planque, B.; Schweigert, J.; Stratoudakis, Y.; van der Lingen, C. (2009). "Habitats". In: Checkley, D.M., Jr.; Alheit, J.; Oozeki, Y.; Roy, C. (Eds.), Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 12–44 (Chapter 3). - Talley, L.D.; Pickard, G.L.; Emery, W.J.; Swift, J.H. (2011). Descriptive physical oceanography : an introduction (6th ed.). Amsterdam: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7506-4552-2. OCLC 720651296 - Hickey, B.M.; Royer, T.C.; Amos, C.M. (2019). "California and Alaska Currents". In: Cochran, J.K.; Bokuniewicz, H.J.; Yager, P.L. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (3rd ed.). Academic Press, pp. 318–329 (Volume 3). ISBN 978-0-12-813082-7.
Title: Diagram of California Current System
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