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TI Ocean variability over the Agulhas Bank and its dynamical connection with the southern Benguela upwelling system
BT 
AF BLANKE, Bruno
   PENVEN, Pierrick
   ROY, Claude
   CHANG, Nicolette
   KOKOSZKA, Florian
AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:2;4:3,4;5:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 IFREMER, IRD, CNRS, Lab Phys Oceans,UBO,UMR 6523, F-29238 Brest 3, France.
   Ctr IFREMER Brest, IFREMER, CNRS, Lab Phys Oceans,UBO,IRD,UMR 6523, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   UCT, Dept Oceanog, Cape Town, South Africa.
   CSIR, Ctr High Performance Comp, ZA-7700 Cape Town, South Africa.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   UBO, FRANCE
   UNIV CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
   CSIR (SOUTH AFRICA), SOUTH AFRICA
   IRD, FRANCE
SI UBO
   BREST
SE PDG-DRO-UMLPO
   PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LPO
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-p187
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 3.082
TC 10
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-7388.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB This study analyzes the oceanic pathway connecting the Agulhas Bank to the southern Benguela upwelling system by means of a quantitative Lagrangian interpretation of the velocity field calculated by a high-resolution numerical simulation of the ocean around the southwestern tip of Africa. The regional ocean model is forced with National Centers for Environmental Prediction surface winds over 1993-2006 and offers a relevant numerical platform for the investigation of the variability of the water transferred between both regions, both on seasonal and intraseasonal time scales. We show that the intensity of the connection fluctuates in response to seasonal wind variability in the west coast upwelling system, whereas intraseasonal anomalies are mostly related to the organization of the eddy field along the southwestern edge of the Agulhas Bank. Though the study only considers passive advection processes, it may provide useful clues about the strategy adopted by anchovies in their selection of successful spawning location and period. The pathway under investigation is of major interest for the ecology of the southern Benguela upwelling system because it connects the spawning grounds on the Agulhas Bank with the nursery grounds located on the productive upwelling off the west coast.
PY 2009
PD DEC
SO Journal of Geophysical Research ( JGR ) - Oceans
SN 0148-0227
PU American Geophysical Union
VL 114
IS C12028
UT 000273257500001
BP 1
EP 15
DI 10.1029/2009JC005358
ID 7388
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