2009
DOI: 10.1175/2008jpo4030.1
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Why Were Sea Surface Temperatures so Different in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic in June 2005 and 2006?

Abstract: International audienceA comparison of June 2005 and June 2006 sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Atlantic exhibits large variability in the properties of the equatorial cold tongue, with far colder temperatures in 2005 than in 2006. This difference is found to result mainly from a time shift in the development of the cold tongue between the two years. Easterlies were observed to be stronger in the western tropical Atlantic in April–May 2005 than in April–May 2006, and these winds favorably prec… Show more

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“…Marin et al [2009] during the period of observation (1997 -2007), for instance the weaker EUC transport in June 2005 than in June 2006 [e.g., Hormann and Brandt, 2009]. Our limited in situ observations do not allow to quantify precisely how they alter the composite seasonal cycle of the EUC transport that is described in the paper.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Marin et al [2009] during the period of observation (1997 -2007), for instance the weaker EUC transport in June 2005 than in June 2006 [e.g., Hormann and Brandt, 2009]. Our limited in situ observations do not allow to quantify precisely how they alter the composite seasonal cycle of the EUC transport that is described in the paper.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Based on observations, Marin et al (2009) argue that weak variability in WAtl zonal surface wind fails to precondition the basin-wide thermocline slope for the subsequent summer-the initial cooling of the cold tongue is hence weakened or delayed. In agreement with Richter et al (2014a), a similar process could be at work in CGCMs: Spring zonal winds that are systematically too weak in the western equatorial Atlantic could inhibit seasonal thermocline shoaling in the eastern ocean basin and hence intense surface cooling during early boreal summer.…”
Section: Impact Of the Coupled Bias On The Equatorial Atlanticmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(This is not necessarily the case during other seasons, including during boreal spring, when enhanced western tropical Atlantic wind stress has been shown to precondition the development of the cold tongue in boreal summer, e.g. Marin et al 2009). This agrees with Lübbecke et al (2014), who demonstrate that the relationship between SST and wind power anomalies in the tropical Atlantic is basically symmetrical around lag 0.…”
Section: Feedback Strengths In the Tropical Atlanticmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cette analyse mentionne aussi que dans cette région des températures en dessous de 22°C sont observées entre 10°W et 0°E et le long de la côte africaine (Marin et al, 2009). …”
Section: Coefficient De Déterminationunclassified