Ocean variability over the Agulhas Bank and its dynamical connection with the southern Benguela upwelling system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Blanke, Bruno ^a   Penven, Pierrick ^b,c   Roy, Claude ^b   Chang, Nicolette ^c,d   Kokoszka, Florian ^b  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS;

ADVECTION PROCESS; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; LAGRANGIAN; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NURSERY GROUNDS; OCEAN MODEL; SEASONAL WIND; SOUTHERN BENGUELA; SURFACE WINDS; UPWELLING SYSTEMS; VELOCITY FIELD; WEST COAST;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; NURSERY GROUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING GROUND; UPWELLING; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

AGULHAS BANK; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 77949365753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005358     Document Type: Article

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