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| Camara, I.; Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas; Mignot, Juliette; Lazar, Alban; Gaye, Amadou T.. |
| The physical processes controlling the mixed layer salinity (MLS) seasonal budget in the tropical Atlantic Ocean are investigated using a regional configuration of an ocean general circulation model. The analysis reveals that the MLS cycle is generally weak in comparison of individual physical processes entering in the budget because of strong compensation. In evaporative regions, around the surface salinity maxima, the ocean acts to freshen the mixed layer against the action of evaporation. Poleward of the southern SSS maxima, the freshening is ensured by geostrophic advection, the vertical salinity diffusion and, during winter, a dominant contribution of the convective entrainment. On the equatorward flanks of the SSS maxima, Ekman transport mainly... |
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Palavras-chave: Salinity; Seasonal variation; Tropical Atlantic; Vertical mixing. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00624/73563/73200.pdf |
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