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Capuano, Tonia Astrid; Speich, Sabrina; Carton, Xavier; Blanke, Bruno. |
The turbulent processes in the Cape Basin, the southeasternmost gate of the Atlantic Ocean, play a key role in the transport and mixing of upper to intermediate water masses entering the area from the Indian Ocean, making them especially relevant for the Indo-Atlantic transfer of heat and salt. In this paper, two numerical simulations at different horizontal resolutions are used to study mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics, their phenomenology, their evolution, and their impact on the local water masses. Submesoscale processes seasonally affect both, the upper and intermediate layers, but there are clear dynamical differences between the two layers. Several types of instabilities underline this spatial and temporal variability. Near the surface, mixed... |
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Palavras-chave: Meso- and submesoscale dynamics; Cape Basin water masses; Indo-Atlantic exchange. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00600/71247/69618.pdf |
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Capuano, Tonia Astrid; Speich, Sabrina; Carton, Xavier; Laxenaire, Remi. |
This study evaluates the capability of eddy-permitting regional ocean models to reproduce the interocean exchange south of Africa. In this highly turbulent region, we show that the vertical structure of the horizontal flows need to be appropriately resolved to realistically advect thermocline water masses into the South Atlantic. Our results point out that a grid-spacing of 1/24 degrees on the horizontal and 50 m on the vertical homogeneously distributed are required to account for a correct transport of surface and subsurface water masses properties and their in-route transformation by mixing. Preliminary Lagrangian analyses highlight the primary role of the upper-ocean mesoscale eddies on water masses transport and fate, with a particular emphasis on... |
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Palavras-chave: Eddy dynamics; Indo-Atlantic exchange; AAIW. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00600/71245/69616.pdf |
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