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Pizarro-koch, Matias; Pizarro, Oscar; Dewitte, Boris; Montes, Ivonne; Ramos, Marcel; Paulmier, Aurelien; Garcon, Veronique. |
We investigate the seasonal variability of the southern tip (30 degrees-38 degrees S) of the eastern South Pacific oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) based on a high horizontal resolution (1/12 degrees) regional coupled physical-biogeochemical model simulation. The simulation is validated by available in situ observations and the OMZ seasonal variability is documented. The model OMZ, bounded by the contour of 45 mu M, occupies a large volume (4.5x10(4) km(3)) during the beginning of austral winter and a minimum (3.5x10(4) km(3)) at the end of spring, just 1 and 2 months after the southward transport of the Peru-Chile Undercurrent (PCUC) is maximum and minimum, respectively. We showed that the PCUC significantly impacts the alongshore advection of dissolved oxygen... |
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Palavras-chave: Oxygen minimum zone; Eddy fluxes; Peru-Chile Undercurrent; Oxygen budget; Eastern South Pacific. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00688/79991/82948.pdf |
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