Amazon River plume influence on Western Tropical Atlantic dynamic variability

• Published in: Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
• Main Authors: Varona, H. L., Veleda, D., Silva, M., Cintra, M., Araujo, Moacyr
• Other Authors: Department of Oceanography, DOCEAN, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil., Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, Rede CLIMA, S. José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [PHYS]Physics [physics]; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Scud; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03353364; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03353364/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03353364/file/amazon_plume_2_pe.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2018.10.002

International audience This study focuses on analysing the potential impact of the Amazon and Pará Rivers on the salinity, temperature and hydrodynamics of the Western Tropical North Atlantic (WTNA) region between 60.5°-24°W and 5°S-16°N. The Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) was used to simulate o...