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| Vialard, Jerome; Foltz, G. R.; Mcphaden, M. J.; Duvel, J. P.; De Boyer Montegut, Clement. |
| A moored buoy was recently deployed at 8 degrees S, 67 degrees E in the shallow thermocline region of the Indian Ocean known as "Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge'' (SCTR), where the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is associated with strong sea surface temperature (SST) variability. We use observations from this mooring to describe the oceanic signature of two MJOs between November 2007 and February 2008. The four-month average upper ocean heat balance was largely between heating by atmospheric forcing (2.0 +/- 0.3 degrees C/month) and a significant cooling by subsurface processes (-2.2 +/- 0.8 degrees C/month), consistent with climatological Ekman pumping in the region. The two MJO events resulted in strong intraseasonal SST variations (1.5 to 2 degrees... |
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Palavras-chave: Layer heat balance; Paific; Perturbations; Prediction; Fluxes. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00185/29636/27988.pdf |
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