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North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) Index (ea_data)

Source: R/data-documentation.R
npgo.Rd

The NPGO is the second dominant mode of sea-surface height anomaly variability in the northeast Pacific, correlating with nutrient/chlorophyll fluctuations.

Usage

data(npgo)

Format

An ea_data object:

data

Tibble:

  • year: Year

  • month: Month

  • value: NPGO anomaly (index, unitless)

meta

Includes:

  • data_type: "North Pacific Gyre Oscillation Index"

  • region: "North Pacific"

  • location_descriptor: "NPGO region"

  • units: ""

  • source_citation: "UCSD/SIO; see data-raw"

  • original_value_col: "anomaly"

Source

http://www.o3d.org/npgo/

Author

Andrew Edwards