Investigating the seasonal and interannual variability of the poleward undercurrent in the northern Benguela system

• Main Author: Yates, Sarah Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Rouault, Mathieu, Veitch, Jennifer Anne
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2012
• Subjects: Austral; Curl; Dome The; Orca
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9808; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/9808/1/thesis_sci_2012_yates_se.pdf

Includes bibliographical references. The Benguela Current System is unique as both the equatorward and poleward boundaries are warm water current systems. Between 15° S – 37° S the surface currents are generally equatorwards, with 7 distinct upwelling cells, narrow equatorward shelf-edge jets and a...