Differences in coastal and oceanic SST trends due to the strengthening of coastal upwelling along the Benguela current system

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-86

  Santos, F ^a   Gomez Gesteira, M ^a   deCastro, M ^a   Alvarez, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benguela current ecosystem; Coastal upwelling; Sea surface temperature; Southern annular mode; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EKMAN TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AFRICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84855550286     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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