Penhoat Yves du auteur aut IRD Treguier A.M. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The linear response of the Tropical Atlantic ocean to climatological winds iscalculated in a continuously stratified model and compared with observations. All the characteristic features of the dynamic topography are reproduced at the proper locations including the series of zonally oriented ridges and thoughs, the Equatorial "pivot" zone and the seasonal variations of slope along the equator. Linear theory fails to explains seasonal variations of the South Equatorial current and of the Equatorial Undercurrent, but it compares favorably for the major zonal currents off the equator (The North Equatorial Countercurrent, the Guinea current and undercurrent). (Résumé d'auteur) specialized CIRCULATION OCEANIQUE COURANT TOPOGRAPHIE DYNAMIQUE MODELE ATLANTIQUE TROPICAL 032DYNEAU 15 3 316-328 1985 0022-3670 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010006333 10.1175/1520-0485(1985)015<0316:TSLROT>2.0.CO;2 0022-3670 [F B010006333] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010006333 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_45-46/010006333.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1996-07-31 2008-04-03 fdi:010006333 fre