Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events
The intraseasonal variability of the tropical eastern boundary upwelling region in the Atlantic Ocean is investigated using multiyear mooring and satellite data. Pronounced oscillations of alongshore velocity and sea level off Angola at periods of about 90 and 120 days are observed. Similar spectral...
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ftsubggeo:oai:e-docs.geo-leo.de:11858/8685 2023-05-15T17:35:58+02:00 Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events Imbol Koungue, Rodrigue Anicet Brandt, Peter Brandt, Peter; 1 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Kiel Germany 2021-04-28 https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4339 http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8685 eng eng doi:10.23689/fidgeo-4339 http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8685 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY ddc:551.46 Angola Current Benguela Niños equatorial and coastally trapped waves equatorial basin mode intraseasonal variability thermocline feedback doc-type:article 2021 ftsubggeo https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4339 2022-11-09T06:51:38Z The intraseasonal variability of the tropical eastern boundary upwelling region in the Atlantic Ocean is investigated using multiyear mooring and satellite data. Pronounced oscillations of alongshore velocity and sea level off Angola at periods of about 90 and 120 days are observed. Similar spectral peaks are detected along the equator suggesting an equatorial forcing via equatorial and coastally trapped waves. Equatorial variability at 90 days is enhanced only in the eastern Atlantic likely forced by local zonal wind fluctuations. Variability at 120 days is generally stronger and linked to a second equatorial basin mode covering the whole equatorial basin. Besides forcing of the 120‐day variability by equatorial zonal winds, additional forcing of the resonant basin mode likely originates in the central and western tropical North Atlantic. The coastally trapped waves generated at the eastern boundary by the impinging equatorial Kelvin waves that are detected through their variations in sea level anomaly are associated with corresponding sea surface temperature anomalies delayed by about 14 days. Off Angola, those intraseasonal waves interfere with major coastal warm and cold events that occur every few years by either enhancing them as for the Benguela Niño in 1995 or damping them as for the warm event in 2001. Plain Language Summary: The tropical Angolan upwelling system hosts a highly productive ecosystem which plays a key socioeconomic role for societal development and fisheries in Angola. The eastern boundary circulation off Angola is dominated by the warm poleward‐flowing Angola Current. During austral summer, the Angola Current transports warm tropical waters into the Benguela upwelling system. Such a transport is often linked to extreme coastal warm events the so‐called Benguela Niños. The opposite of Benguela Niños are Benguela Niñas, both affecting the marine ecosystem and climate on multiyear time scale. At intraseasonal time scale, the Angola Current variability is dominated at periods of 90 and 120 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic GEO-LEOe-docs (FID GEO) Austral Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126 4 |
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The intraseasonal variability of the tropical eastern boundary upwelling region in the Atlantic Ocean is investigated using multiyear mooring and satellite data. Pronounced oscillations of alongshore velocity and sea level off Angola at periods of about 90 and 120 days are observed. Similar spectral peaks are detected along the equator suggesting an equatorial forcing via equatorial and coastally trapped waves. Equatorial variability at 90 days is enhanced only in the eastern Atlantic likely forced by local zonal wind fluctuations. Variability at 120 days is generally stronger and linked to a second equatorial basin mode covering the whole equatorial basin. Besides forcing of the 120‐day variability by equatorial zonal winds, additional forcing of the resonant basin mode likely originates in the central and western tropical North Atlantic. The coastally trapped waves generated at the eastern boundary by the impinging equatorial Kelvin waves that are detected through their variations in sea level anomaly are associated with corresponding sea surface temperature anomalies delayed by about 14 days. Off Angola, those intraseasonal waves interfere with major coastal warm and cold events that occur every few years by either enhancing them as for the Benguela Niño in 1995 or damping them as for the warm event in 2001. Plain Language Summary: The tropical Angolan upwelling system hosts a highly productive ecosystem which plays a key socioeconomic role for societal development and fisheries in Angola. The eastern boundary circulation off Angola is dominated by the warm poleward‐flowing Angola Current. During austral summer, the Angola Current transports warm tropical waters into the Benguela upwelling system. Such a transport is often linked to extreme coastal warm events the so‐called Benguela Niños. The opposite of Benguela Niños are Benguela Niñas, both affecting the marine ecosystem and climate on multiyear time scale. At intraseasonal time scale, the Angola Current variability is dominated at periods of 90 and 120 ... |
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Imbol Koungue, Rodrigue Anicet Brandt, Peter Brandt, Peter; 1 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Kiel Germany |
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Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events |
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Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events |
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Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events |
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Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events |
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Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events |
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impact of intraseasonal waves on angolan warm and cold events |
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