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| Jouanno, Julien; Hernandez, Olga; Sanchez-gomez, Emilia. |
| The contributions of the dynamic and thermodynamic forcing to the interannual variability of the equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) are investigated using a set of interannual regional simulations of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The ocean model is forced with an interactive atmospheric boundary layer, avoiding damping toward prescribed air temperature as is usually the case in forced ocean models. The model successfully reproduces a large fraction (R-2 = 0.55) of the observed interannual variability in the equatorial Atlantic. In agreement with leading theories, our results confirm that the interannual variations of the dynamical forcing largely contributes to this variability. We show that mean and seasonal upper ocean temperature biases,... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00623/73554/73795.pdf |
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| Somot, Samuel; Houpert, Loic; Sevault, Florence; Testor, Pierre; Bosse, Anthony; Taupier-letage, Isabelle; Bouin, Marie-noelle; Waldman, Robin; Cassou, Christophe; Sanchez-gomez, Emilia; Durrieu De Madron, Xavier; Adloff, Fanny; Nabat, Pierre; Herrmann, Marine. |
| Observing, modelling and understanding the climate-scale variability of the deep water formation (DWF) in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea remains today very challenging. In this study, we first characterize the interannual variability of this phenomenon by a thorough reanalysis of observations in order to establish reference time series. These quantitative indicators include 31 observed years for the yearly maximum mixed layer depth over the period 1980–2013 and a detailed multi-indicator description of the period 2007–2013. Then a 1980–2013 hindcast simulation is performed with a fully-coupled regional climate system model including the high-resolution representation of the regional atmosphere, ocean, land-surface and rivers. The simulation reproduces... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep water formation; Open-sea deep convection; Interannual variability; Mediterranean Sea; Regional climate models; Climate trends. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00348/45948/45654.pdf |
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