@article{fdi:010064154,
  title = {{T}he signature of mesoscale eddies on the air-sea turbulent heat fluxes in the {S}outh {A}tlantic {O}cean},
  author = {{B}oas, {A}. {B}. {V}. and {S}ato, {O}. {T}. and {C}haigneau, {A}lexis and {C}astelao, {G}. {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}y collocating 10 years (1999-2009) of remotely sensed surface turbulent heat fluxes with satellite altimetry data, we investigate the impact of oceanic mesoscale eddies on the latent and sensible heat fluxes in the {S}outh {A}tlantic {O}cean. {I}n strongly energetic regions, such as the {B}razil-{M}alvinas confluence and the {A}gulhas {C}urrent {R}etroflection, eddies explain up to 20% of the total variance in the surface turbulent heat fluxes with averaged anomalies of (10-20) {W}/m(2). {C}yclonic (anticyclonic, respectively) eddies are associated with negative (positive) heat flux anomalies that tend to cool (warm) the marine atmospheric boundary layer. {A} composite analysis of the turbulent heat flux anomalies inside the eddies reveals a direct relationship between eddy amplitude and the intensity of such anomalies. {I}n addition, these anomalies are stronger near the eddy center, decaying radially to reach minimum values outside the eddies.},
  keywords = {surface turbulent heat fluxes ; {S}outh {A}tlantic ; air-sea interactions ; mesoscale eddies ; satellite oceanography ; {ATLANTIQUE} {SUD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {42},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1856--1862},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1002/2015gl063105},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064154},
}