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Awo, F. M.; Alory, G.; Da-allada, Casimir Yelognisse; Delcroix, T.; Jouanno, J.; Kestenare, E.; Baloitcha, E.. |
The characteristic sea surface salinity (SSS) patterns associated with the tropical Atlantic meridional and equatorial interannual modes are extracted from in situ observations, by a statistical analysis performed on the 1980–2012 period. These SSS signatures of the interannual climatic modes are reproduced in a regional numerical simulation. For each mode, oceanic and/or atmospheric processes driving the SSS signature are identified through a mixed‐layer salt budget in the validated model. During a positive meridional mode in spring, a northward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and related precipitation maximum creates a south‐north dipole of positive‐negative SSS anomalies around the equator. Western boundary currents strengthen and advect... |
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Palavras-chave: Sea surface salinity; Tropical Atlantic; Interannual climatic modes. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00463/57517/59694.pdf |
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Hernandez, O.; Jouanno, J.; Echevin, V.; Aumont, O.. |
The influence of the chlorophyll on the upper Tropical Atlantic Ocean is investigated with long-term (1979-2012) regional oceanic simulations with 1/48 horizontal resolution based on the NEMO3.6 model. The model solar radiation penetration scheme depends on the chlorophyll concentration. Simulations with time and spatially varying concentrations obtained from satellite ocean color observations are compared with a simulation forced with constant chlorophyll concentration of 0.05 mg m(-3), representative of chlorophyll depleted waters. Results indicate that regions of the Tropical Atlantic with chlorophyll concentrations larger than in the reference simulation (i.e., [chl] > 0.05 mg m(-3)) get warmer at the surface, with the exception of the main... |
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Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00623/73555/73222.pdf |
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