@article{PAR00006491,
  title = {{I}mpact of nearshore wind stress curl on coastal circulation and primary productivity in the {P}eru upwelling system},
  author = {{A}lbert, {A}. and {E}chevin, {V}incent and {L}{\'e}vy, {M}. and {A}umont, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}oastal upwelling dynamics are strongly affected by alongshore wind stress and nearshore wind stress curl. {A} coupled physical-biogeochemical regional model and lagrangian diagnostics are used in the {P}eru current system to determine how the upwelling of nutrients and the primary productivity are impacted by the spatial structure of the nearshore wind stress. {T}hree wind stress products derived from the {ERS} and {Q}uik{SCAT} scatterometers and a smoothed {Q}uik{SCAT} field, mainly differing in nearshore wind stress curl patterns, were used. {S}imulations are found to produce significantly different mean surface chlorophyll distributions and show that strong upwelling-favorable nearshore wind stress curl may locally induce a wide coastal productive zone through upwelling of nutrient-replete waters brought by a shoaling coastal undercurrent. {U}sing wind stress products with realistic nearshore patterns is therefore crucial for the modeling of coupled physical-biogeochemical coastal processes.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch. {O}ceans},
  volume = {115},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{C}12033},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1029/2010jc006569},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00006491},
}