Environmental Forcing of Red Tides in the Southern Benguela
Figure 2
(a) Scatterplot of environmental model versus daily NOBM FLH proxy (cf. Table 4). (b) January to May 2002 time series of daily normalized departures of CFS meridional wind, NOAA SST, and NOBM mixed layer depth. (c) CFS zonal wind, precipitable water, and south minus north sea level air pressure index. (d) CFS meridional wind cross-section averaged 34–31.5°S, Feb–Apr 2002, indicating depth of equatorward flow in km. (e) SeaWiFS FLH proxy (10−2), 6–13 March 2002, and ECMWF wind stress anomalies (March 2002, max = 0.08 Nm−2). Arrows in (b) highlight upwelling relaxation.
