The Tropical Atlantic
The tropical Atlantic observing system
... the tropical Atlantic outside the equatorial band (Figure ...the tropical Atlantic, which are needed to improve forecasts and to advance understanding of wave-induced upper-ocean ...
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On the meridional ageostrophic transport in the tropical Atlantic
... where the poleward Ekman transport induced by the trade winds interacts with the equatorward Ekman transport in- duced by the mid-latitude westerlies. In simple linear vor- ticity theory, the Ekman convergence in ...
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Is the decadal variability in the tropical Atlantic a precursor to the NAO?
... of tropical Atlantic ...of tropical Atlantic SSTs yield discernibly different results from their unrotated coun- ...fact, tropical North and South Atlantic SST anomalies of ...
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Riverine influence on the tropical Atlantic Ocean biogeochemistry
... the tropical Atlantic Ocean us- ing a global ocean biogeochemistry ...the tropical Atlantic Ocean biogeochemistry, between 20 ◦ S–20 ◦ N and 70 ◦ W–20 ◦ ...the tropical At- lantic ...
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-fixation rate and diazotroph activity in the Tropical Atlantic
... North Atlantic provides insight into the role of two different groups of N 2 -fixers (Trichodesmium and small diazotrophs) in supporting N 2 fixation in the tropical ...
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Relative water transparency and color in the northern part of the Tropical Atlantic
... In the initial period the studies were carried out at the polygons situated in var- ious parts of the northern part of the tropical Atlantic. Starting from 1986, the works were performed at the same ...
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Yellow substance in the surface waters of the eastern part of the Tropical Atlantic
... the Tropical Atlantic]”, Okeanologicheskie issle- dovfniya v vostochnoy chasti Atlanticheskoy tropicheskoy energoaktivnoy zony, Materialy 47-go reisa NIS “Mikhail Lomonosov”, Sevastopol, MGI AN USSR, ...
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The Cd isotope composition of atmospheric aerosols from the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
... Abstract Stable isotope compositions can potentially be used to trace atmospheric Cd inputs to the surface ocean and anthropogenic Cd emissions to the atmosphere. Both of these applications may provide valuable insights ...
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Multi-year satellite observations of instability waves in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
... the Atlantic: do TIWs spectral characteristics in the tropical Atlantic vary from year to year? Where are they more active? Also, the hypotheses of ocean-atmosphere cou- pling on the properties of ...
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Hydrological structure analysis for estimating the primary production in the tropical Atlantic Ocean
... Since the chlorophyll maximum, which coincides with the top of the nitracline, decreases when its depth increases, for a lack of light, and since it accounts for[r] ...
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The tropical Atlantic surface wind divergence belt and its effect on clouds
... the Atlantic Ocean, the belt bounded by the Equator (in the south) and the ITCZ is better defined, and therefore the SWD and its links to cloud properties are ...the Atlantic and the quantitative link ...
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Decadal oxygen change in the eastern tropical North Atlantic
... South Atlantic or North Atlantic or a horizontal displacement of isopycnal surfaces in these subduction regimes would change the ventilation as ...the tropical Atlantic, which might have ...
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Tropical Atlantic Vertical Wind Shear Variability in a Future Climate
... This study brings to light how caution should be exercised when using the current generation of GCMs to make assumptions about changes to dynamical and thermodynami- cal processes in a future climate. This is evident by ...
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Propagation of Convective Complexes Observed by TRMM in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic
... deduce AEW trajectories based on gridded data from ECMWF analyses and forecasts projected on a 3° by 3° latitude-longitude grid by mapping the 700 mb vorticity variance filtered for 2.9-4.0 and 2.9-4.7-day periods. Their ...
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A decadally delayed response of the tropical Pacific to Atlantic multidecadal variability
... western tropical Paci fic [Tollefson, 2014] and highlights pos- sible long-term bene fits of an improved observing system there [Gasparin et ...the tropical Atlantic ...
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Cloud-SST feedback in southeastern tropical Atlantic anomalous events
... the tropical Atlantic SST indices are shown in Figure 3a, superimposed on the field of the standard deviation of the monthly SST anomalies from July 1983 to December ...
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CIRCULATION AND HEAT BUDGET IN A REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGICAL SIMULATION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC
... We are mainly interested here on the seasonal and intra-seasonal ocean dynamics in the region of the southernmost extension of the westward SEC, the sSEC. First results obtained from a versatile new generation ...
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Diapycnal oxygen supply to the tropical North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone
... the tropical Atlantic to estimate gas flux to surface ...the tropical North Atlantic intensified in the framework of the German research programmes SFB754, SOPRAN, and NORTH ATLANTIC, ...
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Spectral Characteristics of the Beam Attenuation Coefficient in the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Area
... the tropical Atlantic northern part, the characteristics of the spectra (440 – 675 nm range) were ...the tropical Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean was carried ...
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COMMENT. Influence of river discharge in the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean
... We agree with TS2006 that there is still much work to be done regarding the determination of sources of trace metals for phytoplankton as well as the nutritional requirements of Trichodesmium sp. The dataset presented in ...
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