A model perspective on the dynamics of the shadow zone of the eastern tropical North Atlantic - Part 1: the poleward slope currents along West Africa

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Kounta, Lala, Capet, Xavier, Jouanno, Julien, Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas, Sow, Bamol, Gaye, Amadou Thierno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh 2018
• Subjects: Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00458/56969/58862.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00458/56969/58863.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-971-2018; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00458/56969/

The West African seaboard is one of the upwelling sectors that has received the least attention, and in situ observations relevant to its dynamics are particularly scarce. The current system in this sector is not well known and understood, e.g., in terms of seasonal variability, across-shore structu...