Why is there an eddy gap in the Northern California Current System?

Delphine Hypolite1, James C McWilliams2, Pierre Damien1, Faycal Kessouri3 and Lionel Renault3, (1)University of California, Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (2)UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States