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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-43-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-43-2024
Research article
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17 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2024

Internal tides off the Amazon shelf – Part 1: The importance of the structuring of ocean temperature during two contrasted seasons

Fernand Assene, Ariane Koch-Larrouy, Isabelle Dadou, Michel Tchilibou, Guillaume Morvan, Jérôme Chanut, Alex Costa da Silva, Vincent Vantrepotte, Damien Allain, and Trung-Kien Tran

Data sets

GEBCO_2020 Grid GEBCO Compilation Group https://doi.org/10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9

Remote Sensing Systems TRMM TMI F. J. Wentz et al. https://www.remss.com/missions/tmi

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Twin simulations, with and without tides, are used to assess the impact of internal tides (ITs) on ocean temperature off the Amazon mouth at a seasonal scale. We found that in the surface layers, ITs and barotropic tides cause a cooling effect on sea surface temperature, subsequently leading to an increase in the net heat flux between the atmosphere and ocean. Vertical mixing is identified as the primary driver, followed by vertical and horizontal advection.