@article{fdi:010085010,
  title = {{W}hy were sea surface temperatures so different in the {E}astern {E}quatorial {A}tlantic in june 2005 and 2006 ?},
  author = {{M}arin, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {C}aniaux, {G}. and {B}ourl{\`e}s, {B}ernard and {G}iordani, {H}. and {G}ouriou, {Y}ves and {K}ey, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} comparison of {J}une 2005 and {J}une 2006 sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial {A}tlantic exhibits large variability in the properties of the equatorial cold tongue, with far colder temperatures in 2005 than in 2006. {T}his difference is found to result mainly from a time shift in the development of the cold tongue between the two years. {E}asterlies were observed to be stronger in the western tropical {A}tlantic in {A}pril-{M}ay 2005 than in {A}pril-{M}ay 2006, and these winds favorably preconditioned oceanic subsurface conditions in the eastern {A}tlantic. {H}owever, it is also shown that a stronger than usual intraseasonal intensification of the southeastern trades was responsible for the rapid and early intense cooling of the sea surface temperatures in mid-{M}ay 2005 over a broad region extending from 20 degrees {W} to the {A}frican coast and from 6 degrees {S} to the equator. {T}his particular event underscores the ability of local intraseasonal wind stress variability in the {G}ulf of {G}uinea to initiate the cold tongue season and thus to dramatically impact the {SST} in the eastern equatorial {A}tlantic. {S}uch intraseasonal wind intensifications are of potential importance for year-to-year variability in the onset of the {A}frican monsoon.},
  keywords = {{ATLANTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {P}hysical {O}ceanography},
  volume = {39},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1416--1431},
  ISSN = {0022-3670},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1175/2008jpo4030.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085010},
}