RT Journal Article
T1 Secular Variability of the Upwelling at the Canaries Latitude: An Instrumental Approach
A1 Gallego Puyol, David
A1 García-Herrera, Ricardo
A1 Mohino, Elsa
A1 Losada, Teresa
A1 Rodríguez de Fonseca, Belén
K1 Climatología
K1 Upwelling
K1 Canarias
K1 Viento
AB Upwelling is a process in which sea water from intermediate depths rises toward the surface as a response to the wind friction along the west coast of continents. Upwelled water is rich in nutrients, creating areas of paramount importance for fisheries. A long-standing hypothesis contends that upwelling might be intensified because of global warming, but due to the impediments to quantify the upwelling intensity for long periods, the scientific community still debates whether the upwelling is changing. We have used historical wind observations taken aboard ships sailing along the coast of Northwest Africa to show that there, during the last two centuries, upwelling has not increased but it has oscillated synchronically with the temperature of the North Atlantic.
PB Wiley
YR 2022
FD 2022-03-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12661
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12661
LA en
NO Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018039.
NO Identificador de proyecto: CGL2015-72164-EXP
NO Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense
NO Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
NO IGEO, Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC, UCM)
DS RIO
RD May 23, 2026