Analysis of the position and strength of westerlies and trades with implications for Agulhas leakage and South Benguela upwelling

Tim, Nele; Zorita, Eduardo; Emeis, Kay-Christian; Schwarzkopf, Franziska U.; Biastoch, Arne; Hünicke, Birgit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-847-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-847-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-847-2019

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

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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05 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 05 Dec 2019

Analysis of the position and strength of westerlies and trades with implications for Agulhas leakage and South Benguela upwelling

Nele Tim, Eduardo Zorita, Kay-Christian Emeis, Franziska U. Schwarzkopf, Arne Biastoch, and Birgit Hünicke

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RC1: 'review of Tim et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 May 2019
- RC2: 'Influence of position and strength of westerlies and trades on Agulhas leakage and South Benguela Upwelling', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jun 2019
  - AC2: 'Response to RC2', Nele Tim, 17 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Nele Tim, 17 Jul 2019

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Sep 2019) by Gerrit Lohmann

AR by Nele Tim on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Oct 2019) by Gerrit Lohmann

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Nov 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Nov 2019) by Gerrit Lohmann

AR by Nele Tim on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

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Our study reveals that the latitudinal position and intensity of Southern Hemisphere trades and westerlies are correlated. In the last decades the westerlies have shifted poleward and intensified. Furthermore, the latitudinal shifts and intensity of the trades and westerlies impact the sea surface temperatures around southern Africa and in the South Benguela upwelling region. The future development of wind stress depends on the strength of greenhouse gas forcing.