Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie
Spatiales, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Casimir Yélognissè Da-Allada
Department of Oceanography and Applications, International Chair in
Mathematical Physics and Applications, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou,
Benin
Laboratoire de Géosciences, de l'Environnement et Applications,
Université Nationale des Sciences Technologies, Ingénierie et
Mathématiques, Abomey, Benin
Laboratoire d'Hydrologie Marine et Côtière, Institut de
Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin, Cotonou, Benin
Olivia Estelle Kom
Department of Oceanography and Applications, International Chair in
Mathematical Physics and Applications, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou,
Benin
Surface heat flux is the main driver of the heat budget in the Senegal, Angola, and Benguela regions but not in the equatorial region. In the Senegal and Benguela regions, freshwater flux governs the salt budget, while in equatorial and Angola regions, oceanic processes are the main drivers. Results from numerical simulation show the important role of mesoscale advection for temperature and salinity variations in the mixed layer. Nonlinear processes unresolved by observations play a key role.
Surface heat flux is the main driver of the heat budget in the Senegal, Angola, and Benguela...
