Biophysical modelling of coastal upwelling variability and circulation along the Tanzanian and Kenyan coasts

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dc.contributor.authorHalo, Issufo
dc.contributor.authorSagero, Philip
dc.contributor.authorManyilizu, Majuto
dc.contributor.authorMahongo, Shigalla B.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-12T13:28:23Z
dc.date.available2023-10-12T13:28:23Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.si2020.1.5en_US
dc.description.abstractOcean circulation, upwelling phenomena and chlorophyll-a concentrations were investigated within the framework of numerical model simulations with 1/12 nested horizontal grid-size, in the tropical western Indian Ocean, along the coasts of Tanzania and Kenya. Ekman driven upwelling exhibited high levels of spatial and temporal variability in the region, characterized by a more vigorous occurrence/intensification during the Northeast than the Southwest Monsoon season. A similar trend was observed for chlorophyll-a distribution, but with an additional strong contribution during the inter-monsoon period from March to April. Trend analysis of a SST-derived coastal upwelling index (CUI) computed over the Pemba Channel and offshore of the East African Coastal Current (EACC), for 24 years (1990-2013), revealed a general linear relation of the form CUI (yr)= 2.4 x10-7 yr–285, with a steady small annual increase of the upwelling phenomena by 0.0024/year≃ 4% during the whole period of the simulation, which could be attributed to documented increasing trends of wind intensity and water volume transport in the region. The CUI exhibited the two most dominant peaks of variabilities on the range of annual and semi-annual timescales. The wind-stress southward component and the easting/westing veering of the northward EACC at 6 S revealed that these parameters were moderate and significantly correlated with the CUI (r=-0.53 and 0.52, p< 0.05) respectively, further suggesting its intensification during the Northeast Monsoon season.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHalo, I., Sagero, P., Manyilizu, M., & Mahongo, S. B. (2020). Biophysical modelling of coastal upwelling variability and circulation along the Tanzanian and Kenyan coasts. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, (1/2020), 43-61.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.si2020.1.5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/4153
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWestern Indian Ocean Marine Science Associationen_US
dc.subjectEkman pumping and suctionen_US
dc.subjectWind stress curlen_US
dc.subjectUpwelling and downwellingen_US
dc.subjectOcean modelsen_US
dc.subjectBiophysical modellingen_US
dc.subjectUpwelling variabilityen_US
dc.subjectUpwelling circulationen_US
dc.subjectOcean circulationen_US
dc.titleBiophysical modelling of coastal upwelling variability and circulation along the Tanzanian and Kenyan coastsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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