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    Cirene : air-sea iInteractions in the Seychelles-Chagos thermocline ridge region

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    2009-01
    Author
    Vialard, Jérôme  Concept link
    Duvel, J. P.  Concept link
    McPhaden, Michael J.  Concept link
    Bouruet-Aubertot, Pascale  Concept link
    Ward, Brian  Concept link
    Key, E.  Concept link
    Bourras, Denis  Concept link
    Weller, Robert A.  Concept link
    Minnett, Peter  Concept link
    Weill, A.  Concept link
    Cassou, Christophe  Concept link
    Eymard, L.  Concept link
    Fristedt, Tim  Concept link
    Basdevant, C.  Concept link
    Dandonneau, Y.  Concept link
    Duteil, O.  Concept link
    Izumo, T.  Concept link
    de Boyer Montegut, C.  Concept link
    Masson, S.  Concept link
    Marsac, F.  Concept link
    Menkes, C.  Concept link
    Kennan, S.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4014
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2499.1
    DOI
    10.1175/2008BAMS2499.1
    Abstract
    The Vasco—Cirene program ex-plores how strong air—sea inter-actions promoted by the shallow thermocline and high sea surface temperature in the Seychelles—Chagos thermocline ridge results in marked variability at synoptic, intraseasonal, and interannual time scales. The Cirene oceano-graphic cruise collected oceanic, atmospheric, and air—sea flux observations in this region in Jan-uary—February 2007. The contem-poraneous Vasco field experiment complemented these measure-ments with balloon deployments from the Seychelles. Cirene also contributed to the development of the Indian Ocean observing system via deployment of a moor-ing and 12 Argo profilers. Unusual conditions prevailed in the Indian Ocean during Janu-ary and February 2007, following the Indian Ocean dipole climate anomaly of late 2006. Cirene measurements show that the Seychelles—Chagos thermocline ridge had higher-than-usual heat content with subsurface anomalies up to 7°C. The ocean surface was warmer and fresher than average, and unusual eastward currents prevailed down to 800 m. These anomalous conditions had a major impact on tuna fishing in early 2007. Our dataset also sampled the genesis and maturation of Tropical Cyclone Dora, including high surface temperatures and a strong diurnal cycle before the cyclone, followed by a 1.5°C cool-ing over 10 days. Balloonborne instruments sampled the surface and boundary layer dynamics of Dora. We observed small-scale structures like dry-air layers in the atmosphere and diurnal warm layers in the near-surface ocean. The Cirene data will quantify the impact of these finescale features on the upper-ocean heat budget and atmospheric deep convection.
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    Author Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2009. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90 (2009): 1337-1350, doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2499.1.
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    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90 (2009): 1337-1350
     
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