INTRODUCTION

Combined plot of all years

Individual years:

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Cumulative wind stress: a data product for Oregon upwelling-related research

S. D. Pierce and J. A. Barth
College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences

Upper panel above shows alongshore wind stress (blue is upwelling-favorable). Lower panel shows wind stress cumulative from the spring transition and ending with the fall transition, for this year (blue line). Also shown on the lower panel are the means and standard deviations for the 1985-2008 period (black lines). Ascii data file of cumulative wind stress for this year.