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| Duarte, Rui; Carton, Xavier; Capet, Xavier; Cherubin, Laurent. |
| This paper addresses the instability of a two-layer coastal current in a quasi-geostrophic model; the potential vorticity (PV) structure of this current consists in two uniform cores, located at different depths, with finite width and horizontally shifted. This shift allows both barotropic and baroclinic instability for this current. The PV cores can be like-signed or opposite-signed, leading to their vertical alignment or to their hetonic coupling. These two aspects are novel compared to previous studies. For narrow vorticity cores, short waves dominate, associated with barotropic instability; for wider cores, longer waves are more unstable and are associated with baroclinic processes. Numerical experiments were performed on the f-plane with a... |
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Palavras-chave: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows; Vortex flows; Rotating fluids; Stability problems; Applications to physics. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00069/17999/15673.pdf |
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| Ponte, Aurelien; Klein, Patrice; Capet, Xavier; Le Traon, Pierre-yves; Chapron, Bertrand; Lherminier, Pascale. |
| High-resolution numerical experiments of ocean mesoscale eddy turbulence show that the wind-driven mixed layer (ML) dynamics affects mesoscale motions in the surface layers at scales lower than O(60 km). At these scales, surface horizontal currents are still coherent to, but weaker than, those derived from sea surface height using geostrophy. Vertical motions, on the other hand, are stronger than those diagnosed using the adiabatic quasigeotrophic (QG) framework. An analytical model, based on a scaling analysis and on simple dynamical arguments, provides a physical understanding and leads to a parameterization of these features in terms of vertical mixing. These results are valid when the wind-driven velocity scale is much smaller than that associated with... |
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Palavras-chave: Mesoscale processes; Ocean dynamics; Turbulence. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00170/28076/26291.pdf |
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| Ndoye, S; Capet, Xavier; Estrade, Philippe; Machu, Eric; Kounta, L; Sow, B; Diakhate, M; Gayet, At. |
| The regional ocean circulation along the Southern Senegal shelf is studied using a numerical model for varying forcing fields during the upwelling season (November-May). The main objective is to study the shelf circulation of the marine environment in the Southern Senegal Upwelling Shelf (SSUS), the Lagrangian pathways by which waters are transported to the surface in the upwelling tongue and the fate of these waters. Model results are compared with hydrographic measurements during UPSEN2-ECOAO survey and satellite images datasets. The upwelling source waters and also the warm nearshore waters are analyzed, from a Lagrangian point of view, by computing the paths of particles that are passively advected by the regional ocean model velocity field (ROMS). It... |
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Palavras-chave: Upwelling; Ocean circulation; Modeling; Coastal dynamics; Shelf; ROMS.. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00472/58346/60900.pdf |
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| Machu, Eric; Capet, Xavier; Estrade, Philippe; Ndoye, S.; Brajard, J.; Baurand, Francois; Auger, P.-a.; Lazar, A.; Brehmer, Patrice. |
| The northeastern Atlantic hosts the most ventilated subsurface waters of any eastern boundary upwelling system, while coastal upwelling source waters are slightly above hypoxic levels. Anoxic conditions have previously been found offshore inside mesoscale eddies whose core waters undergo oxygen consumption for many months. Based on circumstantial in situ observations this study demonstrates that the Senegalese coastal ocean is subjected to episodic occurrence of zero dissolved oxygen concentration at depth along with elevated nitrite concentration (11 mmol/m3) and nitrate/nitrite deficit to phosphate, thereby indicating severe anoxia and intense nitrogen loss. The anoxic event was associated with a prolonged upwelling relaxation episode in March 2012 and a... |
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Palavras-chave: Oxygen; Canary upwelling system; Anoxia; Denitrification; Shallow continental shelf. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00479/59020/61640.pdf |
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| Gommenginger, Christine; Chapron, Bertrand; Hogg, Andy; Buckingham, Christian; Fox-kemper, Baylor; Eriksson, Leif; Soulat, Francois; Ubelmann, Clément; Ocampo-torres, Francisco; Nardelli, Bruno Buongiorno; Griffin, David; Lopez-dekker, Paco; Knudsen, Per; Andersen, Ole; Stenseng, Lars; Stapleton, Neil; Perrie, William; Violante-carvalho, Nelson; Schulz-stellenfleth, Johannes; Woolf, David; Isern-fontanet, Jordi; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Klein, Patrice; Mouche, Alexis; Pascual, Ananda; Capet, Xavier; Hauser, Daniele; Stoffelen, Ad; Morrow, Rosemary; Aouf, Lotfi; Breivik, Øyvind; Fu, Lee-lueng; Johannessen, Johnny A.; Aksenov, Yevgeny; Bricheno, Lucy; Hirschi, Joel; Martin, Adrien Ch; Martin, Adiran P; Nurser, George; Polton, Jeff; Wolf, Judith; Johnsen, Harald; Soloviev, Alexander; Jacobs, Gregg A.; Collard, Fabrice; Groom, Steve; Kudryavtsev, Vladimir; Wilkin, John; Navarro, Victor; Babanin, Alex; Martin, Matthew; Siddorn, John; Saulter, Andrew; Rippeth, Tom; Emery, Bill; Maximenko, Nikolai; Romeiser, Roland; Graber, Hans; Azcarate, Aida Alvera; Hughes, Chris W.; Vandemark, Doug; Silva, Jose Da; Leeuwen, Peter Jan Van; Naveira-garabato, Alberto; Gemmrich, Johannes; Mahadevan, Amala; Marquez, Jose; Munro, Yvonne; Doody, Sam; Burbidge, Geoff. |
| High-resolution satellite images of ocean color and sea surface temperature reveal an abundance of ocean fronts, vortices and filaments at scales below 10 km but measurements of ocean surface dynamics at these scales are rare. There is increasing recognition of the role played by small scale ocean processes in ocean-atmosphere coupling, upper-ocean mixing and ocean vertical transports, with advanced numerical models and in situ observations highlighting fundamental changes in dynamics when scales reach 1 km. Numerous scientific publications highlight the global impact of small oceanic scales on marine ecosystems, operational forecasts and long-term climate projections through strong ageostrophic circulations, large vertical ocean velocities and mixed layer... |
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Palavras-chave: Satellite; Air sea interactions; Upper ocean dynamics; Submesoscale; Coastal; Marginal ice zone; Radar; Along-track interferometry. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00510/62121/66325.pdf |
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| Vic, Clement; Capet, Xavier; Roullet, Guillaume; Carton, Xavier; ,. |
| Despite its climatic and ecosystemic significance, the coastal upwelling that takes place off Oman is not well understood. A primitive-equation, regional model forced by climatological wind stress is used to investigate its dynamics and to compare it with the better-known Eastern Boundary Upwellings (EBUs). The solution compares favorably with existing observations, simulating well the seasonal cycles of thermal structure, surface circulation (mean and turbulent), and sea-surface temperature (SST). There is a 1.5-month lag between the maximum of the upwelling-favorable wind-stress-curl forcing and the oceanic response (minima in sea-surface height and SST), which we attribute to onshore-propagating Rossby waves. A southwestward-flowing undercurrent... |
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Palavras-chave: Oman; Upwelling; Arabian sea; ROMS; Rossby waves; Eddy kinetic energy. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49350/49752.pdf |
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| Brochier, Timothee; Auger, Pierre-amael; Pecquerie, Laure; Machu, Eric; Capet, Xavier; Thiaw, Modou; Mbaye, Baye Cheikh; Braham, Cheikh-baye; Ettahiri, Omar; Charouki, Najib; Sene, Ousseynou Ndaw; Werner, Francisco; Brehmer, Patrice. |
| Small pelagic fish (SPF) species are heavily exploited in eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUS) as their transformation products are increasingly used in the world food chain. Management relies on regular monitoring, but there is a lack of robust theories for the emergence of the populations’ traits and their evolution in highly variable environments. This work aims to address existing knowledge gaps by combining physical and biogeochemical modelling with an individual life-cycle based model applied to round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) off northwest Africa, a key species for regional food security. Our approach focused on the processes responsible for seasonal migrations, spatio-temporal size-structure, and interannual biomass fluctuations.... |
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Palavras-chave: Small pelagic fish; Sardinella aurita; Fish migration; Eastern boundary upwelling system; Individual based biophysical models; Dynamic energy budget. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00433/54433/56088.pdf |
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| Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas; Testor, Pierre; Lazar, Alban; Echevin, Vincent; Krahmann, Gerd; Chaigneau, Alexis; Gourcuff, Claire; Wade, Malick; Faye, Saliou; Estrade, Philippe; Capet, Xavier; Mortier, Laurent; Brehmer, Patrice; Schuette, Florian; Karstensen, Johannes. |
| Glider measurements acquired along 4 transects between Cap‐Vert Peninsula and the Cape Verde archipelago in the eastern tropical North Atlantic during March‐April 2014 were used to investigate fine‐scale stirring in an anticyclonic eddy. The anticyclone was formed near 12°N off the continental shelf and propagated north‐west towards the Cape Verde islands. At depth, between 100‐400 m, the isolated anticyclone core contained relatively oxygenated, low salinity South Atlantic Central Water, while the surrounding water masses were saltier and poorly oxygenated. The dynamical and thermohaline subsurface environment favored the generation of fine‐scale horizontal and vertical temperature and salinity structures in and around the core of the anticyclone. These... |
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Palavras-chave: Submesoscale; Stirring; Tropical Atlantic; Meoscale eddy; Glider measurements; OMZ. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00450/56162/57708.pdf |
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| Talandier, Claude; Deshayes, Julie; Treguier, Anne-marie; Capet, Xavier; Benshila, Rachid; Debreu, Laurent; Dussin, Raphael; Molines, J. -m.; Madec, Gerard. |
| Previous studies have shown that low horizontal resolution (of the order of 1°) ocean models, hence climate models, are not able to adequately represent boundary currents nor mesoscale processes which affect the dynamics and thermohaline circulation of the ocean. While the effect of mesoscale eddies can be parameterized in low resolution models, boundary currents require relatively high horizontal resolution. We clarify the impact of increasing the resolution on the North Atlantic circulation, with emphasis on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), by embedding a 1/8° nest covering the North Atlantic into a global 1/2° model. Increasing the resolution in the nest leads to regional improvements of the circulation and thermohaline... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep Western Boundary Current; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; North Atlantic Current; Gulf Stream; Subpolar gyre. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00173/28472/26812.pdf |
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| Kounta, Lala; Capet, Xavier; Jouanno, Julien; Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas; Sow, Bamol; Gaye, Amadou Thierno. |
| The West African seaboard is one of the upwelling sectors that has received the least attention, and in situ observations relevant to its dynamics are particularly scarce. The current system in this sector is not well known and understood, e.g., in terms of seasonal variability, across-shore structure, and forcing processes. This knowledge gap is addressed in two studies that analyze the mean seasonal cycle of an eddy-permitting numerical simulation of the tropical Atlantic. Part 1 is concerned with the circulation over the West African continental slope at the southernmost reach of the Canary Current system, between similar to 8 and 20 degrees N. The focus is on the depth range most directly implicated in the wind-driven circulation (offshore and coastal... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00458/56969/58862.pdf |
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| Bentamy, Abderrahim; Grodsky, Semyon A; Cambon, Gildas; Tandeo, Pierre; Capet, Xavier; Roy, Claude; Herbette, Steven; Grouazel, Antoine. |
| More than twelve satellite scatterometers have operated since 1992 through the present, providing the main source of surface wind vector observations over global oceans. In this study, these scatterometer winds are used in combination with radiometers and synthetic aperture radars (SAR) for the better determination and characterization of high spatial and temporal resolution of regional surface wind parameters, including wind speed and direction, wind stress components, wind stress curl, and divergence. In this paper, a 27-year-long (1992–2018) 6-h satellite wind analysis with a spatial resolution of 0.125° in latitude and longitude is calculated using spatial structure functions derived from high-resolution SAR data. The main objective is to improve... |
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Palavras-chave: Satellite scatterometer; Surface wind; Upwelling systems; Long time series. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00682/79416/81989.pdf |
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| Capet, Xavier; Estrade, Philippe; Machu, Eric; Ndoye, Siny; Grelet, Jacques; Lazar, Alban; Marie, Louis; Dausse, Denis; Brehmer, Patrice. |
| Upwelling off southern Senegal and Gambia takes place over a wide shelf with a large area where depths are shallower than 20 m. This results in typical upwelling patterns that are distinct (e.g., more persistent in time and aligned alongshore) from those of other better known systems, including Oregon and Peru where inner shelves are comparatively narrow. Synoptic to superinertial variability of this upwelling center is captured through a 4-week intensive field campaign, representing the most comprehensive measurements of this region to date. The influence of mesoscale activity extends across the shelf break and far over the shelf where it impacts the midshelf upwelling (e.g., strength of the upwelling front and circulation), possibly in concert with wind... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00374/48541/48842.pdf |
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| Kurian, Jaison; Colas, Francois; Capet, Xavier; Mcwilliams, James C.; Chelton, Dudley B.. |
| Eddy detection and tracking algorithms are applied to both satellite altimetry and a high-resolution (dx = 5 km) climatological model solution of the U.S. West Coast to study the properties of surface and undercurrent eddies in the California Current System. Eddy properties show remarkable similarity in space and time, and even somewhat in polarity. Summer and fall are the most active seasons for undercurrent eddy generation, while there is less seasonal variation at surface. Most of the eddies have radii in the range of 25-100 km, sea level anomaly amplitudes of 1-4 cm, and vorticity normalized by f amplitudes of 0.025-0.2. Many of the eddies formed near the coast travel considerable distance westward with speeds about 2 km/day, consistent with the beta... |
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| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00044/15484/12873.pdf |
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| Colas, Francois; Mcwilliams, James C.; Capet, Xavier; Kurian, Jaison. |
| The Peru-Chile current System (PCS) is a region of persistent biases in global climate models. It has strong coastal upwelling, alongshore boundary currents, and mesoscale eddies. These oceanic phenomena provide essential heat transport to maintain a cool oceanic surface underneath the prevalent atmospheric stratus cloud deck, through a combination of mean circulation and eddy flux. We demonstrate these behaviors in a regional, quasi-equilibrium oceanic model that adequately resolves the mesoscale eddies with climatological forcing. The key result is that the atmospheric heating is large (> 50 W m(-2)) over a substantial strip > 500 km wide off the coast of Peru, and the balancing lateral oceanic flux is much larger than provided by the offshore... |
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Palavras-chave: Regional modelling; South-East Pacific; Heat Balance; Oceanic eddies; Regional climate. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00088/19892/17756.pdf |
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| Chenillat, Fanny; Riviere, Pascal; Capet, Xavier; Franks, Peter J. S.; Blanke, Bruno. |
| The variability of the California Current System (CCS) is primarily driven by variability in regional wind forcing. In particular, the timing of the spring transition, i.e., the onset of upwelling-favorable winds, varies considerably in the CCS with changes in the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. Using a coupled physical-biogeochemical model, this study examines the sensitivity of the ecosystem functioning in the CCS to a lead or lag in the spring transition. An early spring transition results in an increased vertical nutrient flux at the coast, with the largest ecosystem consequences, both in relative amplitude and persistence, hundreds of kilometers offshore and at the highest trophic level of the modeled food web. A budget analysis reveals that the... |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00146/25706/24010.pdf |
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| Vic, C.; Roullet, Guillaume; Capet, Xavier; Carton, Xavier; Molemaker, Maarten Jeroen; Gula, J.. |
| The Persian Gulf feeds a warm and salty outflow in the Gulf of Oman (northern Arabian Sea). The salt climatological distribution is relatively smooth in the Gulf of Oman, and the signature of a slope current carrying salty waters is difficult to distinguish hundreds of kilometers past the Strait of Hormuz, in contrast to other outflows of the world ocean. This study focuses on the mechanisms involved in the spreading of Persian Gulf Water (PGW) in the Gulf of Oman, using a regional primitive equation numerical simulation. The authors show that the dispersion of PGW occurs through a regime that is distinct from, for example, the one responsible for the Mediterranean outflow dispersion. The background mesoscale eddy field is energetic and participates... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41332/40512.pdf |
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| Montes, Ivonne; Colas, Francois; Capet, Xavier; Schneider, Wolfgang. |
| The connections between the Equatorial Current System and the Peru Current System in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) are examined with a primitive equations eddy-resolving regional model. The quasi-equilibrium solutions reproduce three eastward equatorial subsurface currents of interest: the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC, located between 1 degrees N and 1 degrees S), the primary Southern Subsurface Countercurrent (pSSCC, between 3 degrees and 4 degrees S) and, farther south the secondary Southern Subsurface Countercurrent (sSSCC, between 7 degrees and 8 degrees S). Using a Lagrangian tracking procedure, the fate of these currents in the ETP and their contribution to the Peru-Chile Undercurrent (PCUC) are studied. Lagrangian diagnostics show that for the... |
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| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12438/9249.pdf |
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