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Within the Southern California Bight, a sub-region of the California Current has unique physical properties. Upwelling is fairly weak in the California Bight and Smith and Eppley (1982) stated that the 16-year average for primary production was 0.402 grams carbon/(meter-squared × day), or approximately 150 grams carbon/(meter-squared × year).
Screenshot of the Global Wind Atlas website (version 2.2) The Global Wind Atlas is a web-based application developed to help policymakers and investors identify potential high-wind areas for wind power generation virtually anywhere in the world, and perform preliminary calculations. It provides free access to data on wind power density and wind ...
Sundowner, (strong offshore wind off the California coast) Washoe Zephyr (seasonal diurnal wind in parts of western Nevada) Williwaw (strong, violent wind occurring in the Strait of Magellan, the Aleutian Islands, and the coastal fjords of Southeast Alaska) Witch of November, or November Witch (strong winds blowing across the Great Lakes in autumn)
The Santa Ana winds of Southern California can be visualized in several ways. You can see their effects as palm trees sway in the morning light or when clean-up crews arrive to deal with branches ...
Philippines map of Köppen climate classification zones. The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: tag-init or tag-araw, the hot dry season or summer from March to May; tag-ulan, the rainy season from June to November; and tag-lamig, the cool dry season from December to February.
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[22] [23] [21] In 2016, California used about 285,700 GWh [24] and generated 13,500 GWh of wind energy in state. [25] Wind energy supplied about 6.9% of California's total electricity needs in 2017 (including power supplied from other states in this case), [5] and 7.35% in 2019. By the end of 2019, installed wind generation capacity increased ...
The northern Ventura County mountains may get stronger winds than typically seen in a Santa Ana wind event. Last week's event saw winds come out of the north, hammering Los Angeles County.