P17CA is a short section using stations from WHP section P17N.

Link to P17 Bibliography

Bibliography

Chereskin, T. K., 1995: Direct evidence for an Ekman balance in the California Current, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 18261-18269.

Chereskin, T. K., M. Y. Morris, P. P. Niiler, P. M. Kosro, R. L. Smith, S. R. Ramp, C. A. Collins, and D. L. Musgrave, 2000: Spatial and temporal characteristics of the mesoscale circulation of the California Current from eddy-resolving moored and shipboard measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1245-1269.

Cornuelle, B. D., Chereskin, T. K., P. P. Niiler, M. Y. Morris, and D. L. Musgrave, 2000: Observations and modelling of a California Undercurrent eddy, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1227-1243.

Fine, R. A., K. A. Maillet, K. F. Sullivan, D. Willey, Circulation and Ventilation flux of the Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C10), 22159-22178, 10.1029/1999JC000184, 2001.

Ortiz, J.D., A.C. Mix, P. Wheeler and R.M. Key, An estimate of the anthropogenic offset of oceanic d13CDIC based on the ventilation of the California Current at 42∞N, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 14(3), 917-930, 2000.

D.A. Willey, R.A. Fine, R.E. Sonnerup, J.L. Bullister, W.M. Smethie, Jr., and M.J. Warner. Global oceanic chlorofluorocarbon inventory. Geophys. Res. Letts., 31, L01303, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018816, 2004.

Related Links

WOCE ADCP data site.

WOCE surface meteorology site - scroll down to P17.

Canada DFO website for Repeat hydrography Line-P (northeast Pacific)