Earth:Davidson Current
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Short description: A coastal countercurrent of the Pacific Ocean flowing north along the western coast of the United States from Baja California, Mexico to northern Oregon
In oceanography, the Davidson Current is a coastal countercurrent of the Pacific Ocean running north along the western coast of the United States from Baja California , Mexico to northern Oregon, ending at about latitude 48°N.[1][2]
Its flow is adjacent to the California 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 engineer George Davidson.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Final 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=ESoRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA77.
- ↑ "Davidson Current". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/place/Davidson-Current. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ C. Reid Nichols; Robert G. Williams (1 January 2009). Encyclopedia of Marine Science. Infobase Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4381-1881-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=0zD1tVXZrIcC&pg=PT90.
- ↑ 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. ISBN 978-0-520-07578-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=JJobUEvPSwAC&pg=PA789.
- ↑ Robert L. Smith (1989). Poleward Flows Along Eastern Ocean Boundaries. Springer. p. 19. https://books.google.at/books?id=Z5zaBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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