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Lambaerts, J.; Lapeyre, Guillaume; Plougonven, R.; Klein, Patrice. |
Recent studies have revealed that strong sea surface temperature (SST) fronts, on the scale of a Western Boundary Current, significantly affect not just the Marine Boundary Layer but the entire troposphere. This has aroused renewed interest in air-sea interactions. The present study investigates the atmospheric response to fixed SST anomalies associated with mesoscale oceanic eddies and submesoscale filaments, using idealized simulations. Our main result is that in weak wind conditions, the vertical velocity in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is linearly proportional to the SST Laplacian. This is established by a quantitative analysis in the spatial space as well as in the spectral space. Comparing the responses to two different SST fields shows that... |
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Palavras-chave: Air-sea interactions; Boundary layer; Sea surface temperature. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00169/28047/26247.pdf |
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Izumo, Takeshi; Masson, Sebastien; Vialard, Jerome; De Boyer Montegut, Clement; Behera, Swadhin K.; Madec, Gurvan; Takahashi, Keiko; Yamagata, Toshio. |
The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) is the main component of intraseasonal variability of the tropical convection, with clear climatic impacts at an almost-global scale. Based on satellite observations, it is shown that there are two types of austral-summer MJO events (broadly defined as 30-120 days convective variability with eastward propagation of about 5 m/s). Equatorial MJO events have a period of 30-50 days and tend to be symmetric about the equator, whereas MJO events centered near 8A degrees S tend to have a longer period of 55-100 days. The lower-frequency variability is associated with a strong upper-ocean response, having a clear signature in both sea surface temperature and its diurnal cycle. These two MJO types have different interannual... |
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Palavras-chave: Intraseasonal Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO); Seychelles-Chagos thermocline ridge/thermocline dome of the Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean dipole (IOD); El Nino southern oscillation (ENSO); Diurnal cycle; Oceanic diurnal warm layers; Air-sea interactions; Ocean-atmosphere coupling; Interannual variations; Mixed layer; Australian weather. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12416/9221.pdf |
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Piron, Anne; Thierry, Virginie; Mercier, Herle; Caniaux, Guy. |
Analysis of Argo data obtained during winter 2011–2012 revealed the presence over the Irminger Basin of an exceptionally large number of profiles (41) with mixed layer depths (MLD) exceeding 700 m, which was deep enough to reach the pool of the intermediate Labrador Sea Water located in the Irminger Sea. Four of these profiles exhibited an MLD of 1000 m, which was the maximum value observed for the winter in question. The Argo sampling in the Irminger Sea during that winter, which was 3 to 4 times greater than for the preceding winters, enabled the different phases of the mixed layer deepening down to 1000 m, together with their spatial extents, to be observed for the first time. Two intense convective periods occurred: in late January south of Cape... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep convection; Irminger Sea; Argo data; Greenland Tip Jet; Mixed layer dynamics; Air-sea interactions. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00309/42059/41354.pdf |
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Villas Bôas, Ana B.; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Ayet, Alex; Bourassa, Mark A.; Brandt, Peter; Chapron, Bertrand; Cornuelle, Bruce D.; Farrar, J. T.; Fewings, Melanie R.; Fox-kemper, Baylor; Gille, Sarah T.; Gommenginger, Christine; Heimbach, Patrick; Hell, Momme C.; Li, Qing; Mazloff, Matthew R.; Merrifield, Sophia T.; Mouche, Alexis; Rio,; Rodriguez, Ernesto; Shutler, Jamie D.; Subramanian, Aneesh C.; Terrill, Eric J.; Tsamados, Michel; Ubelmann, Clement; Van Sebille, Erik. |
Ocean surface winds, currents, and waves play a crucial role in exchanges of momentum, energy, heat, freshwater, gases, and other tracers between the ocean, atmosphere, and ice. Despite surface waves being strongly coupled to the upper ocean circulation and the overlying atmosphere, efforts to improve ocean, atmospheric, and wave observations and models have evolved somewhat independently. From an observational point of view, community efforts to bridge this gap have led to proposals for satellite Doppler oceanography mission concepts, which could provide unprecedented measurements of absolute surface velocity and directional wave spectrum at global scales. This paper reviews the present state of observations of surface winds, currents, and waves, and it... |
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Palavras-chave: Air-sea interactions; Doppler oceanography from space; Surface waves; Absolute surface velocity; Ocean surface winds. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00509/62083/66271.pdf |
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