Variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean is dominated by the seasonal cycle. A defining feature is the migration of the inter-tropical convergence zone into the northern hemisphere and the formation of a so-called cold tongue in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in late boreal spring. Between April and August, cooling leads to a drop in SSTs of approximately 5°. The pronounced seasonal cycle in the equatorial Atlantic affects surrounding continents, and even minor deviations from it can have striking consequences for local agricultures.
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Dippe, T., Krebs, M., Harlaß, J., & Lübbecke, J. F. (2018). Can Climate Models Simulate the Observed Strong Summer Surface Cooling in the Equatorial Atlantic? In YOUMARES 8 – Oceans Across Boundaries: Learning from each other (pp. 7–23). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93284-2_2
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