Coastal oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Rouault, M ^a   Pohl, B ^b   Penven, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Satellite   (France)

Author keywords

Agulhas Current; Benguela upwelling; Climate change; ENSO; Southern Annular Mode

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COOLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MAGNITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WARMING;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78149424916     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232x.2010.501563     Document Type: Article

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