About this book
The theme of this book is the inter-hemispheric and inter-gyre exchanges of heat, salt and fresh water. Its goal is to improve knowledge of tropical Atlantic dynamics and how they affect the global ocean.
Contents
Circulation, variability and near-equatorial meridional flow in the central tropical Atlantic, L. Stramma, J. Fischer et al.; comparison of hydrographic and altimeter based estimates of sea level height variability in the Atlantic Ocean, D. Mayer, M. Baringer, G. Goni; estimation of the tropical Atlantic circulation from altimetry data using a reduced-rank stationary Kalman filter, M. Buehner, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli et al.; a synthetic float analysis of upper-limb meridional overturning circulation interior ocean pathways in the tropical/subtropical Atlantic, G. Halliwell, R. Weisberg, D. Mayer; a seasonal and interannual study of the western equatorial Atlantic upper thermocline circulation variability, M. Vianna, V. Menezes; fate of the equatorial undercurrent in the Atlantic, W. Hazeleger, P. de Vries; the flow of AAIW along the equator, M. Jochum, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli); planetary equatorial trapped waves in the Atlantic Ocean from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry, C. Fran a, I. Wainer et al.; pathways and variability at intermediate depths in the tropical Atlantic, C. Schmid, Z. Garraffo et al.; a comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, R. Molinari, S. Bauer et al.; subtropical cells in the Atlantic ocean - an observational summary, D. Snowden, R. Molinari; spectral, formal, and nonlinear stability in a layered quasigeostrophic model with application to the Atlantic North Equatorial Current, F. Beron-Vera, J. Olascoaga; synoptic study of warm rings in the North Brazil - current retroflection region using satellite altimetry, G. Goni, W. Johns; North Brazil Current rings and the variability in the latitude of the retroflection, S. Garzoli, A. Ffield, Q. Yao; North Brazil Current rings and transport of southern waters in a high resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic, Z. Garraffo, W. Johns et al.; cross-gyre transport by North Brazil Current rings, W. Johns, R. Zantopp, G. Goni; impact of North Brazil current rings on the local circulation and coral reef fish recruitment to Barbados, West Indies, R. Cowen, S. Sponaugle et al.; wind bursts and enhanced evaporation in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, K. Katsaros, A. Mestas-Nu ez et al.; spatial-temporal evolution of the low frequency climate variability in the tropical Atlantic, L. Ayina, J. Servain.
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