Eldin Gérard, Delcroix Thierry, Hénin Christian, Richards K., Penhoat Yves du, Picaut Joël, Rual Pierre. (1994). Large-scale current and thermohaline structures along 156°E during the COARE intensive observation period. Geophysical Research Letters, 21 (24), p. 2681-2684.
Titre du document
Large-scale current and thermohaline structures along 156°E during the COARE intensive observation period
Année de publication
1994
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Eldin Gérard, Delcroix Thierry, Hénin Christian, Richards K., Penhoat Yves du, Picaut Joël, Rual Pierre
Source
Geophysical Research Letters, 1994,
21 (24), p. 2681-2684
From December 1992 to February 1993, 18 meridional sections of temperature, salinity, and current were collected along 156°E, from 5°S to 5°N, during the Intensive Observation Period of the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. The average conditions were characteristic of the ongoing El Nino event, with a relatively shallow thermocline and fresh surface waters. Alternating westerly and easterly wind forcing was observed, and the warm surface layer (the "Warm forcing was observed, and the warm surface layer (The "Warm Pool") responded in a time scale of a few days by corresponding alternating flows; the Equatorial current system was less affected at depht. The upper-layer oceanic temperature variability involved several mechanisms, including surface cooling by evaporation during westerly winds and entrainment from the thermocline. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Milieux physico-chimique [032MILPHY]
Descripteurs
COUPLAGE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ; COLLECTE DE DONNEES ; TEMPERATURE ; SALINITE ; COURANT ; PROFIL VERTICAL
