An Altimetry-Derived Index of the Offshore Forcing on the “Pressure Point” of the West Florida Shelf: Anomalous Upwelling and Its Influence on Harmful Algal Blooms

Yonggang Liu1, Robert H Weisberg1, Jason M Lenes2, Lianyuan Zheng3, Katherine Hubbard4 and John Joseph Walsh2, (1)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States, (2)University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, (3)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, (4)Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Saint Petersburg, United States