Dynamics of upwelling annual cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Abstract
The annual upwelling is an important component of the equatorial Atlantic annual cycle. A simple theory is proposed using the framework of Zebiak-Cane (ZC) ocean model for insights into the dynamics of the upwelling annual cycle. It is demonstrated that in the Atlantic equatorial region this upwelling is dominated by Ekman processing in the west, whereas in the east it is primarily owing to shoaling and deepening of the thermocline resulting from equatorial mass meridional recharge/discharge and zonal redistribution processes associated with wind-driven equatorial ocean waves. This wind-driven wave upwelling plays an important role in the development of the annual cycle in the sea surface temperature of the cold tongue in the eastern equatorial Atlantic.
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[1];
[2];
[1];
[3]
- National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei (Taiwan). Dept. of Earth Sciences; Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan). Research Center for Environmental Change
- Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan). Research Center for Environmental Change
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1465347
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1374445
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0005110
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; equatorial upwelling; Zebiak‐Cane model; Ekman pumping; annual cycle; recharge oscillator
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Wang, Li-Chiao, Jin, Fei-Fei, Wu, Chau-Ron, and Hsu, Huang-Hsiung. Dynamics of upwelling annual cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2017GL072588.
Wang, Li-Chiao, Jin, Fei-Fei, Wu, Chau-Ron, & Hsu, Huang-Hsiung. Dynamics of upwelling annual cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072588
Wang, Li-Chiao, Jin, Fei-Fei, Wu, Chau-Ron, and Hsu, Huang-Hsiung. Wed .
"Dynamics of upwelling annual cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072588. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1465347.
@article{osti_1465347,
title = {Dynamics of upwelling annual cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean},
author = {Wang, Li-Chiao and Jin, Fei-Fei and Wu, Chau-Ron and Hsu, Huang-Hsiung},
abstractNote = {The annual upwelling is an important component of the equatorial Atlantic annual cycle. A simple theory is proposed using the framework of Zebiak-Cane (ZC) ocean model for insights into the dynamics of the upwelling annual cycle. It is demonstrated that in the Atlantic equatorial region this upwelling is dominated by Ekman processing in the west, whereas in the east it is primarily owing to shoaling and deepening of the thermocline resulting from equatorial mass meridional recharge/discharge and zonal redistribution processes associated with wind-driven equatorial ocean waves. This wind-driven wave upwelling plays an important role in the development of the annual cycle in the sea surface temperature of the cold tongue in the eastern equatorial Atlantic.},
doi = {10.1002/2017GL072588},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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