@article{fdi:010092635,
  title = {{S}easonal mixed layer temperature in the {C}ongolese upwelling system},
  author = {{N}gakala, {R}. {D}. and {A}lory, {G}. and {D}a-{A}llada, {C}. {Y}. and {D}adou, {I}. and {C}ardot, {C}. and {M}orvan, {G}uillaume and {J}ouanno, {J}ulien and {I}llig, {S}erena and {B}alo{\¨ie}tcha, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {C}ongolese upwelling system ({C}o{US}), located along the {W}est {A}frican coast north of the {C}ongo {R}iver, is one of the most productive and least studied systems in the {G}ulf of {G}uinea. {T}he minimum sea surface temperature in the {C}o{US} occurs in austral winter, when the winds are weak and not particularly favorable to coastal upwelling. {H}ere, for the first time, we use a high-resolution regional ocean model to identify the key atmospheric and oceanic processes that control the seasonal evolution of the mixed layer temperature in a 1 degrees-wide coastal band from 6 degrees {S} to 4 degrees {S}. {T}he model is in good agreement with observations on seasonal timescales, and in particular, it realistically reproduces the signature of the surface upwelling during the austral winter, the shallow mixed layer due to salinity stratification, and the signature of coastal wave propagation. {T}he analysis of the mixed layer heat budget for the year 2016 reveals a competition between warming by air-sea fluxes, dominated by the incoming shortwave radiation throughout the year, and cooling by vertical mixing at the base of the mixed layer, as other tendency terms remain weak. {T}he seasonal cooling is induced by vertical mixing, where local wind-driven dynamics play a secondary role compared to subsurface processes. {A} subsurface analysis shows that remotely forced coastal-trapped waves raise the thermocline from {A}pril to {A}ugust, which strengthens the vertical temperature gradient at the base of the mixed layer and leads to the mixing-induced seasonal cooling in the {C}ongolese upwelling system.},
  keywords = {coastal trapped waves ; {C}ongolese upwelling system ; eastern boundary ; upwelling system ; {GOLFE} {DE} {GUINEE} ; {ATLANTIQUE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {CONGO} {COURS} {D}'{EAU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch : {O}ceans},
  volume = {130},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {e2023{JC}020528 [20 p.]},
  ISSN = {2169-9275},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.1029/2023jc020528},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092635},
}