Messager, CSwart, Sebastian2018-08-172018-08-172016-02Messager, C and Swart, S. 2016. Significant atmospheric boundary layer change observed above an Agulhas Current warm cored eddy. Advances in Meteorology, 7pp.1687-9309http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3659657https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amete/2016/3659657/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10370This article provides the full text.The air-sea impact of a warm cored eddy ejected from the Agulhas Retroflection region south of Africa was assessed through both ocean and atmospheric profiling measurements during the austral summer. The presence of the eddy causes dramatic atmospheric boundary layer deepening, exceeding what was measured previously over such a feature in the region. This deepening seems mainly due to the turbulent heat flux anomaly above the warm eddy inducing extensive deep and persistent changes in the atmospheric boundary layer thermodynamics. The loss of heat by turbulent processes suggests that this kind of oceanic feature is an important and persistent source of heat for the atmosphere.enAgulhas CurrentAtmospheric boundary layerWarm cored eddyArticleMessager, C., & Swart, S. (2016). Significant atmospheric boundary layer change observed above an Agulhas Current warm cored eddy. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10370Messager, C, and Sebastian Swart "Significant atmospheric boundary layer change observed above an Agulhas Current warm cored eddy." (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10370Messager C, Swart S. Significant atmospheric boundary layer change observed above an Agulhas Current warm cored eddy. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10370.TY - Article AU - Messager, C AU - Swart, Sebastian AB - The air-sea impact of a warm cored eddy ejected from the Agulhas Retroflection region south of Africa was assessed through both ocean and atmospheric profiling measurements during the austral summer. The presence of the eddy causes dramatic atmospheric boundary layer deepening, exceeding what was measured previously over such a feature in the region. This deepening seems mainly due to the turbulent heat flux anomaly above the warm eddy inducing extensive deep and persistent changes in the atmospheric boundary layer thermodynamics. The loss of heat by turbulent processes suggests that this kind of oceanic feature is an important and persistent source of heat for the atmosphere. DA - 2016-02 DB - ResearchSpace DO - 10.1155/2016/3659657 DP - CSIR KW - Agulhas Current KW - Atmospheric boundary layer KW - Warm cored eddy LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 1687-9309 T1 - Significant atmospheric boundary layer change observed above an Agulhas Current warm cored eddy TI - Significant atmospheric boundary layer change observed above an Agulhas Current warm cored eddy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10370 ER -