Intraseasonal variability of tropical Atlantic sea-surface temperature: air-sea interaction over upwelling fronts
International audience Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maximum Intra-Seasonal Variability (ISV) and their interaction with local surface winds are investigated applying statistical analysis to observations and to a recent coupled reanalysis over the 2000–2009 decade. Five cores of...
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Tropical Atlantic Air-sea interaction intraseasonal variability [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] Diakhaté, Moussa De Coëtlogon, Gaëlle Lazar, Alban Wade, Malick Gaye, Amadou Thierno Intraseasonal variability of tropical Atlantic sea-surface temperature: air-sea interaction over upwelling fronts |
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International audience Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maximum Intra-Seasonal Variability (ISV) and their interaction with local surface winds are investigated applying statistical analysis to observations and to a recent coupled reanalysis over the 2000–2009 decade. Five cores of strong ISV emerge, with standard deviation reaching about 1°C in frontal areas of the three main upwelling systems: equatorial, Angola-Benguela and Senegal-Mauritania (the southern side of the Canary upwelling). West of 10°W along the equator, a 20-60-day peak caused by tropical instability waves is shown to generate surface wind anomalies through the adjustment of the horizontal surface pressure gradient in addition to the modification of near-surface atmospheric stratification. East of 10°W along the equator, an intense biweekly oscillation increases the ocean and atmosphere ISV. In the two coastal upwelling fronts, intraseasonal SST anomalies resemble each other. They are shown to be influenced by coastal Kelvin waves in addition to large-scale wind forcing. Over the Angola-Benguela upwelling, coastal wind bursts controlling the SST ISV are associated with anomalously strong pressure patterns related to the Madden-Julian Oscillation, the St. Helena anticyclone, and the Antarctic Oscillation. In the Senegal-Mauritania upwelling, the wind anomalies mainly linked to the Azores anticyclone in the southern front during November to May appear to be connected to the Saharan heat low in the northern front from June to September. In all five regions and as expected for such upwelling regimes, vertical oceanic mixing represents the dominant term in the mixed-layer heat budget. In the equatorial band, as found in previous studies, horizontal advection is equally important, while it appears surprisingly weak in coastal fronts. Finally, a striking result is the general lack of surface wind signal related to the SST ISV in the coastal upwellings. |
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Intraseasonal variability of tropical Atlantic sea-surface temperature: air-sea interaction over upwelling fronts |
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:insu-01186404v1 2023-05-15T13:43:37+02:00 Intraseasonal variability of tropical Atlantic sea-surface temperature: air-sea interaction over upwelling fronts Diakhaté, Moussa De Coëtlogon, Gaëlle Lazar, Alban Wade, Malick Gaye, Amadou Thierno Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère et de l'Océan Siméon Fongang (LPAO-SF) École Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar (ESP) Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Sénégal (UCAD)-Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Sénégal (UCAD) Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ESTER - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Processus de la variabilité climatique tropicale et impacts (PARVATI) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), UPMC (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), LMI ECLAIRS, European Union 2016 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01186404 https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2657 en eng HAL CCSD Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/qj.2657 insu-01186404 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01186404 doi:10.1002/qj.2657 IRD: fdi:010066218 ISSN: 0035-9009 EISSN: 1477-870X Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01186404 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Wiley, 2016, 142 (694), pp.372-386. ⟨10.1002/qj.2657⟩ Tropical Atlantic Air-sea interaction intraseasonal variability [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2657 2021-12-05T03:06:58Z International audience Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maximum Intra-Seasonal Variability (ISV) and their interaction with local surface winds are investigated applying statistical analysis to observations and to a recent coupled reanalysis over the 2000–2009 decade. Five cores of strong ISV emerge, with standard deviation reaching about 1°C in frontal areas of the three main upwelling systems: equatorial, Angola-Benguela and Senegal-Mauritania (the southern side of the Canary upwelling). West of 10°W along the equator, a 20-60-day peak caused by tropical instability waves is shown to generate surface wind anomalies through the adjustment of the horizontal surface pressure gradient in addition to the modification of near-surface atmospheric stratification. East of 10°W along the equator, an intense biweekly oscillation increases the ocean and atmosphere ISV. In the two coastal upwelling fronts, intraseasonal SST anomalies resemble each other. They are shown to be influenced by coastal Kelvin waves in addition to large-scale wind forcing. Over the Angola-Benguela upwelling, coastal wind bursts controlling the SST ISV are associated with anomalously strong pressure patterns related to the Madden-Julian Oscillation, the St. Helena anticyclone, and the Antarctic Oscillation. In the Senegal-Mauritania upwelling, the wind anomalies mainly linked to the Azores anticyclone in the southern front during November to May appear to be connected to the Saharan heat low in the northern front from June to September. In all five regions and as expected for such upwelling regimes, vertical oceanic mixing represents the dominant term in the mixed-layer heat budget. In the equatorial band, as found in previous studies, horizontal advection is equally important, while it appears surprisingly weak in coastal fronts. Finally, a striking result is the general lack of surface wind signal related to the SST ISV in the coastal upwellings. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic St. Helena ENVELOPE(8.575,8.575,63.621,63.621) The Antarctic Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 142 694 372 386 |