@inproceedings{fdi:010078257,
  title = {{M}onitoring {R}ossby waves along 6 degree south in the tropical {A}tlantic [r{\'e}sum{\'e}]},
  author = {{R}ouault, {M}. and {K}ounge, {R}.{A}.{I}. and {I}llig, {S}erena},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {PREFACE} program allowed the deployment and annual maintenance of an {ATLAS} mooring at 6° {S}, 8° {E} during {PREFACE} cruises. {A} first mooring was bought by {S}outh {A}frica in 2006 and was deployed successfully for a year during a pilot project. {PREFACE} allowed to buy a second mooring needed to establish a permanent location as one replaced a mooring by a complete calibrated one. {T}his is an extension of the {PIRATA} array of moorings in the tropical {S}outh-{E}ast {A}tlantic and an {A}frican contribution to the global observing system. {PREFACE} acquired an {ATLAS} mooring which is equipped with an extra currentmeter at 10 m depth and an extra short wave radiation sensor which allows calculation of the radiative flux and the net heat budget at a 10 minute temporal resolution. {T}urbulent sensible and latent heat fluxes can also be calculated at a 10 minute resolution. {S}ensible and {D}aily average is available in real time. {A} {CO}2 sensor is also deployed on the mooring. {T}he strategic location of the mooring in the stratocumulus deck which is a problem to coupled models, offshore of the {C}ongo {R}iver plume and upstream of the {A}ngola {C}urrent make this mooring a unique measuring platform which has continuously worked in real time since {M}ay 2013. {M}ooring data and satellite remote sensing estimates of salinity indicates numerous intrusions of low salinity water from the {C}ongo {R}iver since 2013. {W}hile the air and sea surface temperature ({SST}) distribution is unimodal, the upper ocean subsurface temperature and dynamic height is bi-modal and seems to be a seasonal {R}ossby wave triggered by a seasonal kelvin waves along the equator. {PIRATA} mooring, altimetry and {SST} allow monitoring the passage of {R}ossby waves all the way to {B}razil modifying the {SST} in a region that is known to impact the regional {B}razilian climate.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {ANGOLA} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {SUD} ; {BRESIL} ; {ATLANTIQUE}},
  numero = {},
  pages = {64},
  booktitle = {{I}nternational conference {ICAWA} 2017 and 2018 : extended book of abstract : the {AWA} project : ecosystem approach to the management of fisheries and the marine environment in {W}est {A}frican waters},
  year = {2019},
  ISBN = {978-9553602-0-06},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078257},
}