Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-121-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-121-2023
Research article
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27 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2023

Seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature in the tropical Angolan Upwelling System

Mareike Körner, Peter Brandt, and Marcus Dengler

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The coastal waters off Angola host a productive ecosystem. Surface waters at the coast are colder than further offshore. We find that surface heat fluxes warm the coastal region more strongly than the offshore region and cannot explain the differences. The influence of horizontal heat advection is minor on the surface temperature change. In contrast, ocean turbulence data suggest that cooling associated with vertical mixing is an important mechanism to explain the near-coastal cooling.