Frontogenesis of the Angola–Benguela Frontal Zone

Koseki, Shunya; Giordani, Hervé; Goubanova, Katerina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-83-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-83-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-83-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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08 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 08 Feb 2019

Frontogenesis of the Angola–Benguela Frontal Zone

Shunya Koseki, Hervé Giordani, and Katerina Goubanova

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-83-2019-supplement

Data sets

Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) NCAR/UCAR Climate Data Guide https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/climate-forecast-system-reanalysis-cfsr

Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) NOAA https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oisst

Short summary

With an ocean frontogenetic function, the frontogenesis of the Angola–Benguela Frontal Zone (ABFZ) is investigated. On an annual-mean timescale, the meridional confluence of Angola and Benguela currents and tilting effect due to the upwelling are the main sources to generate the ABFZ. The annual cycle of the ABFZ is also mainly driven by these two effects.