Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
Coastal Upwelling Indices
These data consist of six-hourly, daily and monthly Upwelling Indices at 15 positions along the west coast of North America and are derived from synoptic (6-hourly) sea level pressure gridded fields by PFEL. These indices are updated monthly.- Click on this map to see a graph of the Averages of Monthly Values (1967-1991) of Upwelling Indices at 15 locations
- What is an upwelling index?
- How PFEL Determines the upwelling indices
- Graphs of the Daily Upwelling Indices for the Last 18 Months
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