Warming in the Agulhas Current system since the 1980's

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Rouault, Mathieu ^c   Penven, Pierrick ^a   Pohl, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

AGULHAS CURRENT; POLEWARD SHIFT; REGIONAL IMPACTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY WINDS; WIND STRESS CURL;

WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ENERGY FLUX; HEAT FLUX; SALT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WARMING; WESTERLY; WIND STRESS;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 68749117508     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037987     Document Type: Article

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