Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1529-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1529-2020
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17 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2020

Marine climate change over the eastern Agulhas Bank of South Africa

Mark R. Jury

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The rate of change in the marine environment along the south coast of South Africa (32–37° S, 20–30° E) is studied using reanalysis observations for 1900–2015 and coupled ensemble model projections for 1980–2100. Although sea surface temperatures offshore are warming rapidly, a trend toward easterly winds and stronger shelf-edge currents have intensified nearshore upwelling (−0.03 °C yr−1) and contribute to a drier climate.