Abstract: Data from an eight-layer FNOC wind-driven eddy-resolving limited-area quasi-geostrophic numerical model have been used to study the dynamics of the California Current System (CCS). with particular emphasis on the energetics. ...

Abstract: Two candidate sources for the generation of mesoscale eddy activity in the California Current are local baroclinic instability and/or the wind stress adjacent to the coast. The latter constitutes remote forcing, with eddy ...