The annual cycle and biological effects of the Costa Rica Dome

PC Fiedler - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research …, 2002 - Elsevier
The Costa Rica Dome is similar to other tropical thermocline domes in several respects: it is
part of an east–west thermocline ridge associated with the equatorial circulation, surface …

[HTML][HTML] Climate fluctuations of tropical coupled systems—the role of ocean dynamics

P Chang, T Yamagata, P Schopf, SK Behera… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled Systems—The Role of Ocean Dynamics in: Journal of
Climate Volume 19 Issue 20 (2006) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

[HTML][HTML] Monsoon response of the sea around Sri Lanka: generation of thermal domesand anticyclonic vortices

PN Vinayachandran… - Journal of Physical …, 1998 - journals.ametsoc.org
Monsoon Response of the Sea around Sri Lanka: Generation of Thermal Domesand
Anticyclonic Vortices in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 28 Issue 10 (1998) Jump to …

Annual cycle of the South Indian Ocean (Seychelles‐Chagos) thermocline ridge in a regional ocean model

JC Hermes, CJC Reason - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of an upwelling “dome”‐like feature in the thermocline depth at 55° E–65° E,
5° S–12° S in the southwest tropical Indian Ocean (SWTIO) has been suggested in earlier …

Diagnosing southeast tropical Atlantic SST and ocean circulation biases in the CMIP5 ensemble

Z Xu, P Chang, I Richter, W Kim, G Tang - Climate dynamics, 2014 - Springer
Warm sea-surface temperature (SST) biases in the southeastern tropical Atlantic (SETA),
which is defined by a region from 5° E to the west coast of southern Africa and from 10° S to …

Tropical Atlantic biases and their relation to surface wind stress and terrestrial precipitation

I Richter, SP Xie, AT Wittenberg, Y Masumoto - Climate dynamics, 2012 - Springer
Most coupled general circulation models (GCMs) perform poorly in the tropical Atlantic in
terms of climatological seasonal cycle and interannual variability. The reasons for this poor …

On the triggering of Benguela Niños: Remote equatorial versus local influences

I Richter, SK Behera, Y Masumoto… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The relative importance of remote and local influences in the development of Benguela
Niños is examined using observations and a coupled general circulation model capable of …

Propagation and origin of warm anomalies in the Angola Benguela upwelling system in 2001

M Rouault, S Illig, C Bartholomae, CJC Reason… - Journal of Marine …, 2007 - Elsevier
Warmer than average sea surface temperatures were observed by the Tropical Rainfall
Mission Microwave Imager in the Angola Benguela Current system in late austral summer …

On the interaction between the subtropical gyre and the Subtropical Cell on the shelf of the SE Atlantic

HU Lass, V Mohrholz - Journal of Marine Systems, 2008 - Elsevier
The interaction of the subtropical gyre and the Subtropical Cell was studied with emphasis
on the Benguela upwelling system by observations of sea surface height, surface wind …

Some overlooked features of tropical Atlantic climate leading to a new Niño-like phenomenon

Y Okumura, SP Xie - Journal of climate, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Atlantic Niño, an equatorial zonal mode akin to the Pacific El Niño–Southern
Oscillation (ENSO), is phase-locked to boreal summer when the equatorial easterly winds …