Science results

Science publications on mesoscale processes

  • Review article : 15 years of ocean mesoscale observations from altimetry
  • Science : Observed southern Ocean sea level rise and subsurface warming
    • We examine the causes of the observed sea level rise in the region south of Australia, using 13 years of repeat hydrographic data from the WOCE-SR3 sections, and the SURVOSTRAL XBT and surface salinity data.
    • Reference : Morrow, R., Valladeau, G., and Sallée, J. (2008). Observed subsurface signature of Southern Ocean decadal sea level rise. Prog. Oceanogr. Vol 77/4 pp 351-366.
  • Science : Response of Antarctic Circumpolar Current Fronts to climate mode variabilility.
    • Thirteen years of altimetric sea level anomaly data are added to a new climatological mean sea level product to reconstruct the time variable sea level. This new dataset is analyzed to identify and monitor the position of the two main fronts (SAF, PF) of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) during the period 1993–2005.
    • Reference : Sallée, J.B. ; Morrow, R. and Speer, K, 2008. Response of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to atmospheric variability, J. Climate, Vol. 21, 3020–3039.