| Title | Northern Benguela shelf total cumulative upwelling index, 1997 to 2018 |
|---|---|
| Project | Bio-optical Investigation of Phytoplankton |
| Authors |
Lamont, Tarron Barlow, R.G. Brewin, R.J.W. |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2019) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Lamont, Tarron |
| Abstract | Seasonal mean total cumulative upwelling in the Northern Benguela (15-29°S;8-16.8°E) shelf region during austral summer, autumn, winter, and spring. |
| Methods | Daily-averaged NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 wind vectors were used to compute daily values of cumulative Ekman Transport (m3 s-1) per 100m of coastline (Lamont et al. 2018. JMS 188: 3-16). Monthly values were then computed by summing the daily values per month. Seasonal means were computed by averaging data over a three-month period for each season, defined as austral summer (December, January, February), autumn (March, April, May), winter (June, July, August), and spring (September, October, November). |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 01 Jan 1997 – 01 Jan 2018 |
| Geographic extent |
Northern Benguela, Benguela Upwelling, South African West Coast, South East Atlantic Ocean
North: -15.0 |
| Keywords | Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project , ASCLME , BCLME , Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem , bio-optics , EOV: Physics > Ocean surface stress , EOV: Physics > Surface currents , Northern Benguela , phytoplankton biomass , remote sensing , SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , upwelling |
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