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Mass falls of crustacean carcasses link surface waters and the deep seafloor. [PDF]
Ecology, 2023 Ecology, Volume 104, Issue 2, February 2023.
Simon-Lledó E +6 more
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Influence of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on SST Fronts Along the West Coasts of North and South America. [PDF]
J Geophys Res Oceans, 2022 Abstract Along the west coasts of North, Central, and South America, sea surface temperature (SST) fronts are important for circulation dynamics and promoting biological activity. Prevailing equatorward winds during summer results in offshore Ekman transport and upwelling along the coast, where fronts often form between cold, upwelled water and warmer ...
Amos CM, Castelao RM.
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Genetic diversity and structure of Pocillopora spp. corals in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica
Discover OceansUnderstanding the genetic diversity and connectivity of coral populations is necessary for their adequate management, especially considering global climate change.
Randall Hidalgo-Sánchez +3 more
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The Global Sink of Available Potential Energy by Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction. [PDF]
J Adv Model Earth Syst, 2020 Abstract The thermal component of oceanic eddy available potential energy (EPE) generation due to air‐sea interaction is proportional to the product of anomalous sea surface temperature (SST) and net air‐sea heat flux (SHF). In this study we assess EPE generation and its timescale and space‐scale dependence from observations and a high‐resolution ...
Bishop SP, Small RJ, Bryan FO.
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A Lagrangian Perspective on the Atlantic and Pacific Precipitation‐Evaporation Asymmetry
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 128, Issue 24, 27 December 2023., 2023 Abstract Total precipitation minus evaporation (P − E) for the Atlantic is negative while it is approximately neutral for the Pacific. This has frequently been attributed to westward Atlantic‐to‐Pacific moisture flux across Central America. However, this Eulerian perspective has limited scope as it does not consider the origins of the water crossing ...
P. M. Craig, D. Ferreira, J. Methven
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The Diurnal Cycle of East Pacific Convection, Moisture, and CYGNSS Wind Speed and Fluxes
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 128, Issue 8, 27 April 2023., 2023 Abstract The far eastern tropical Pacific is one of the rainiest locations on Earth. This region is characterized by a robust diurnal cycle with precipitation initiating over the Andes mountains in Colombia in the late afternoon and moving offshore overnight while organizing into mesoscale convective systems (MCSs).
Emily M. Riley Dellaripa +2 more
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Relationships Between Air‐Sea CO2 Flux and New Production in the Equatorial Pacific
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 36, Issue 4, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The equatorial Pacific is the largest oceanic source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This outgassing varies depending on the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and decadal climate variability. New production, the amount of phytoplankton net primary production driven by upwelled nitrate, plays a significant role in modulating air‐sea CO2 ...
Nicholas A. Pittman +4 more
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Outsize Influence of Central American Orography on Global Climate
AGU Advances, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2021., 2021 Abstract Global Climate Models (GCMs) exhibit substantial biases in their simulation of tropical climate. One particularly problematic bias exists in GCMs' simulation of the tropical rainband known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
Jane W. Baldwin +3 more
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Drivers of reef fish assemblages in an upwelling region from the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 98, Issue 4, Page 1074-1090, April 2021., 2021 Abstract Reef fish assemblages are exposed to a wide range of anthropogenic threats as well as chronic natural disturbances. In upwelling regions, for example, there is a seasonal influx of cool nutrient‐rich waters that may shape the structure and composition of reef fish assemblages.
Marius H. Eisele +2 more
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 126, Issue 2, February 2021., 2021 Abstract Fifteen years of satellite observations of sea surface temperature (SST) are used to identify frontal activities in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The frontogenesis and variability of frontal activities are mainly determined by wind forces. Strong frontal activities are distributed mainly near the coast and decrease with increasing offshore ...
Yuntao Wang +5 more
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