Davidson Current
Inoceanography,theDavidson Currentis a coastalcountercurrentof thePacific Oceanrunning north along the western coast of theUnited Statesfrom BajaCalifornia,Mexicoto northernOregon,ending at aboutlatitude 48°N,[1][2] Its flow is adjacent to theCalifornia Current,but it flows north rather than south and hugs the coastline. The current is active year-round at 650 feet (200 meters) below sea level, but surfaces during the winter months, generally from mid-November through mid-February.[1]In these months, northerly winds weaken and are replaced to some extent by southwesterly winds.[3][4]
The Davidson Current was discovered by the American geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineerGeorge Davidson,[5]who was associated with the early California Academy of Sciences (CAS) in San Francisco, California.
References
[edit]- ^abFinal Environmental Statement: OCL Sale No. 48: Proposed 1979 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore Southern California.Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 1979. p. 77.
- ^"Davidson Current".Encyclopædia Britannica.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^C. Reid Nichols; Robert G. Williams (1 January 2009).Encyclopedia of Marine Science.Infobase Publishing. p. 90.ISBN978-1-4381-1881-9.
- ^Murray D. Dailey; Donald J. Reish; Jack W. Anderson (1993).Ecology of the Southern California Bight: A Synthesis and Interpretation.University of California Press. p. 789.ISBN978-0-520-07578-8.
- ^Robert L. Smith (1989).Poleward Flows Along Eastern Ocean Boundaries.Springer. p. 19.ISBN9781461389637.Retrieved11 September2019.
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