Long-Term Trends and Interannual Variability of Wind Forcing, Surface Circulation, and Temperature around the Sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Tesha Toolsee, Tarron Lamont
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; climate change; satellite and reanalysis data; sea surface temperature; wind speed; wind stress curl; Science; Q; Antarctic; Curl; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Prince Edward Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14061318; https://doaj.org/article/410c73afff6343b3b7bbb7e253b2bc13

In the Southern Ocean, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) play a significant ecological role by hosting large populations of seasonally breeding marine mammals and seabirds, which are particularly sensitive to changes in the surrounding ocean environment. In order to better understand cl...