The winter St. Helena climate index and extreme Benguela upwelling

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 219-230

  Hagen, Eberhard ^a   Agenbag, Jacobus J ^b   Feistel, Rainer ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benguela Current; Climate index; Coastal upwelling; Remote sensing; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS;

BENGUELA CURRENTS; CLIMATE INDEX; COASTAL UPWELLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ST. HELENA ISLAND CLIMATE INDEX (HIX);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24944540943     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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