Environmental Forcing of Red Tides in the Southern Benguela

Figure 9

Correlation maps using February–April FLH index with CFS reanalysis: (a) surface temperature 𝑇_𝑠, (b) meridional wind stress tau 𝑌, (c) latent heat flux 𝑄_𝑒, (d) 200 mb meridional wind V200, and (e) sea level air pressure SLP. Values of |𝑟|>0.40 significant at 90% confidence in the period 1998–2010.

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