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| Kersalé, Marion; Perez, Renellys C.; Speich, Sabrina; Meinen, Christopher S.; Lamont, Tarron; Le Hénaff, Matthieu; Van Den Berg, Marcel A.; Majumder, Sudip; Ansorge, Isabelle J.; Dong, Shenfu; Schmid, Claudia; Terre, Thierry; Garzoli, Silvia L.. |
| The first in situ continuous full‐water‐column observations of the Eastern Boundary Currents (EBCs) at 34.5°S in the South Atlantic are obtained using 23 months of data from a line of Current and Pressure recording Inverted Echo Sounders (CPIES) spanning the Cape Basin. The CPIES are used to evaluate the mean structure of the EBC, the associated water masses, and the volume transport variability. The estimated northward time‐mean Benguela Current absolute geostrophic transport is 24 Sv, with a temporal standard deviation of 17 Sv. Beneath this current the time‐mean transport is southward, indicating the presence of a deep‐EBC (DEBC), with a time‐mean transport of 12 Sv, and a standard deviation of 17 Sv. Offshore of these currents, the shallow and deep... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00479/59022/61644.pdf |
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| Frajka-williams, Eleanor; Ansorge, Isabelle J.; Baehr, Johanna; Bryden, Harry L.; Chidichimo, Maria Paz; Cunningham, Stuart A.; Danabasoglu, Gokhan; Dong, Shenfu; Donohue, Kathleen A.; Elipot, Shane; Heimbach, Patrick; Holliday, N. Penny; Hummels, Rebecca; Jackson, Laura C.; Karstensen, Johannes; Lankhorst, Matthias; Le Bras, Isabela A.; Lozier, M. Susan; Mcdonagh, Elaine L.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Mercier, Herle; Moat, Bengamin I.; Perez, Renellys C; Piecuch, Christopher G.; Rhein, Monika; Srokosz, Meric A.; Trenberth, Kevin E.; Bacon, Sheldon; Forget, Gael; Goni, Gustavo; Kieke, Dagmar; Koelling, Jannes; Lamont, Tarron; Mccarthy, Gerard D.; Mertens, Christian; Send, Uwe; Smeed, David A.; Speich, Sabrina; Van Den Berg, Marcel; Volkov, Denis; Wilson, Chris. |
| The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) extends from the Southern Ocean to the northern North Atlantic, transporting heat northwards throughout the South and North Atlantic, and sinking carbon and nutrients into the deep ocean. Climate models indicate that changes to the AMOC both herald and drive climate shifts. Intensive trans-basin AMOC observational systems have been put in place to continuously monitor meridional volume transport variability, and in some cases, heat, freshwater and carbon transport. These observational programs have been used to diagnose the magnitude and origins of transport variability, and to investigate impacts of variability on essential climate variables such as sea surface temperature, ocean heat content and... |
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Palavras-chave: Meridional overturning circulation; Thermohaline circulation; Observing systems; Ocean heat transport; Carbon storage; Moorings; Circulation variability. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00503/61507/65342.pdf |
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| Meinen, Christopher S.; Speich, Sabrina; Piola, Alberto R.; Ansorge, Isabelle; Campos, Edmo; Kersale, Marion; Terre Terrillon, Thierry; Chidichimo, Maria Paz; Lamont, Tarron; Sato, Olga T.; Perez, Renellys C.; Valla, Daniel; Van Den Berg, Marcel; Le Henaff, Matthieu; Dong, Shenfu; Garzoli, Silvia L.. |
| Six years of simultaneous moored observations near the western and eastern boundaries of the South Atlantic are combined with satellite winds to produce a daily time series of the basin-wide meridional overturning circulation (MOC) volume transport at 34.5 degrees S. The results demonstrate that barotropic and baroclinic signals at both boundaries cause significant transport variations, and as such must be concurrently observed. The data, spanning similar to 20 months during 2009-2010 and similar to 4 years during 2013-2017, reveal a highly energetic MOC record with a temporal standard deviation of 8.3 Sv, and strong variations at time scales ranging from a few days to years (peak-to-peak range = 54.6 Sv). Seasonal transport variations are found to have... |
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Palavras-chave: Meridional overturning circulation; South Atlantic; Overturning; Volume transport; Observations. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00445/55612/57253.pdf |
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| Veitch, Jennifer; Hermes, Juliet; Lamont, Tarron; Penven, Pierrick; Dufois, Francois. |
| The dynamics and seasonal variability of jet currents on the southern Benguela shelf-edge are investigated using a climatologically forced ROMS model. The jet is primarily forced by the intense horizontal gradients that exist across the southern Benguela shelf. These gradients are set up by nearshore cooling via the strongly seasonal upwelling regime and variable offshore warming by the advection of Agulhas waters. While the nearshore cooling is prevalent only during the spring and summer upwelling season, the offshore warming exists throughout the year. As a result intensified geostrophically adjusted currents exist throughout the year, particularly off the Cape Peninsula and Cape Columbine. However, the distinct shelf-edge jet features are most intense... |
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Palavras-chave: Southern Benguela; Shelf-edge jet; Numerical model. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00403/51401/51976.pdf |
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| Kersale, Marion; Lamont, Tarron; Speich, Sabrina; Terre, Thierry; Laxenaire, Remi; Roberts, Mike J.; Van Den Berg, Marcel A.; Ansorge, Isabelle J.. |
| The eastern side of the South Atlantic Meridional overturning circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) along 34.5 degrees S is used to assess the nonlinear, mesoscale dynamics of the Cape Basin. This array presently consists of current meter moorings and bottom mounted Current and Pressure recording Inverted Echo Sounders (CPIES) deployed across the continental slope. These data, available from September 2014 to December 2015, combined with satellite altimetry allow us to investigate the characteristics and the impact of mesoscale dynamics on local water mass distribution and cross-validate the different data sets. We demonstrate that the moorings are affected by the complex dynamics of the Cape Basin involving Agulhas rings, cyclonic eddies and anticyclonic... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00456/56806/58671.pdf |
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