On the connection between Benguela and equatorial Atlantic Nios and the role of the South Atlantic Anticyclone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lübbecke, Joke F ^a   Böning, Claus W ^a   Keenlyside, Noel S ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STREAM FLOW; WIND STRESS;

AUSTRAL WINTER; BENGUELA; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KELVIN WAVES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS; REMOTE FORCING; SEASONALITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SST ANOMALIES; STRESS VARIATIONS; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; TRADE WINDS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; ZONAL MODES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; DATA SET; EL NINO; KELVIN WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

EID: 77957554122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005964     Document Type: Article

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