High-latitude obliquity as a dominant forcing in the Agulhas current system

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1285-1296

  Caley, T ^a   Kim, J H ^b   Malaize B ^a   Giraudeau, J ^a   Laepple, T ^c   Caillon, N ^d   Charlier, K ^a   Rebaubier, H ^d   Rossignol, L ^a   Castaneda I S ^b,e   Schouten, S ^b   Sinninghe Damste J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OBLIQUITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WESTERLY;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 82355190542     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-1285-2011     Document Type: Article

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