Publications scientifiques de rang A
Y. Morel, 1994. The effect of topography on the motion of coherent structures. In Modelling of oceanic vortices, G.J.F. van Heijst editor, pp. 335-344.
Y. Morel and X.J. Carton, 1994. Multipolar vortices in two-dimensional incompressible flows. J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 267, pp. 23-51.
Y. Morel, 1995. The influence of an upper thermocline current on intrathermocline eddies. J. Phys. Ocean., Vol. 267, pp. 23-51.
Y. Morel, 1995. Etude des déplacements et de la dynamique des tourbillons géophysiques. Application aux Meddies. Thèse de l’Université Joseph Fourier-Grenoble I.
Y. Morel and J.C. McWilliams, 1997. Evolution of isolated interior vortices in the ocean. J. Phys. Ocean., Vol. 27, pp.727-748.
G.G. Sutyrin and Y. Morel, 1997. Intense vortex motion in a stratified fluid on the beta-plane. An analytical model and its validation. J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 336, pp.203-220.
V. Thierry and Y. Morel, 1999. Influence of a strong bottom slope on the evolution of a surface intensified vortex. J. Phys. Ocean., 29, pp.911-924.
J. Paillet, B. Le Cann, A. Serpette, Y. Morel and X. Carton, 1999. Real-time tracking of a galician Meddy. Geophys. Res. Let., 26, pp. 1877-1880.
F.O. Vandermeirsch, X.J. Carton and Y. Morel, 1999. The interaction of a vortex with a stable jet. In Simulation and identification of organized structures in flows, IUTAM/SIMFLOW Symposium; Sorensen, Hopfinger and Aubry Eds, Kluwer Acad. Publ., p.201-210.
F.O. Vandermeirsch, X.J. Carton and Y. Morel, 2000. Quasi-geostrophic modeling of an intrathermocline eddy encountering a zonal surface jet. Proceedings of the 5th ISSF conference, UBC, Vancouver, p.125-130
L. Chérubin, X. Carton, J. Paillet, Y. Morel and A. Serpette, 2000. Instability of the Mediterranean Water undercurrents southwest of Portugal: effects of baroclinicity and of topography. Oceanologica Acta, 23, pp. 551-573.
C. Mauritzen, Y. Morel and J. Paillet , 2001. Mediterranean Water influence on the central waters of the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res., 48, p. 347-381.
Y. Morel and J. McWilliams, 2001. The effect of mixing on the stability of oceanic currents. J. Phys. Ocean., 31, p. 2280-2296.
F. Vandermeirsh, Y. Morel and G. Sutyrin, 2001. The net advective effect of a vertically sheared current on a coherent vortex. J. Phys. Ocean., 31, p.2210-2225.
F. Vandermeirsh, Y. Morel and G. Sutyrin, 2002. Resistance of a coherent vortex to a vertical shear. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, pp. 3089-3100.
X. Capet X., L. Chérubin and Y. Morel, 2002. Influence of the transport on the instability of a boundary current. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, pp. 2806-2815.
X. Carton, L. Chérubin, J. Paillet, Y. Morel, A. Serpette and B. Le Cann, 2002. Meddy coupling with a deep cyclone in the Gulf of Cadiz. J. Mar. Syst. 32, pp. 13-42.
Paillet J., B. Le Cann, X. Carton, Y. Morel and A. Serpette, 2002. Dynamics and evolution of a northern Meddy. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, pp. 55-79.
Herbette S., Y. Morel and M. Arhan, 2003. Erosion of a surface vortex by a sea-mount. J. Phys. Ocean. 33, pp. 1664-1679.
F. Vandermeirsh, X. Carton and Y. Morel, 2003. Interaction between an eddy and a zonal jet : Part I. One-and-a-half layer model. Dyn. Atm. Oceans, 36, pp. 247-270.
F. Vandermeirsh, X. Carton and Y. Morel, 2003. Interaction between an eddy and a zonal jet : Part II. Two-and-a-half layer model. Dyn. Atm. Oceans, 36, pp. 270-296.
Herbette S., Y. Morel and M. Arhan, 2004. Subduction of a Surface vortex under an outcropping front. J. Phys. Ocean. 34, pp. 1610-1627.
Herbette S., Y. Morel and M. Arhan, 2005. Erosion of a surface vortex by a seamount on the beta-plane. J. Phys. Ocean., 35, pp. 2012-2030.
Chérubin L., Y. Morel and E. Chassignet, 2006. Loop Current ring shedding: the formation of cyclones and the effect of topography. J. Phys. Ocean., 36, pp.569-591.
Y. Morel, D. Darr and C. Taillandier, 2006. Possible sources driving the potential vorticity structure and long-wave instability of coastal upwelling and downwelling currents. J. Phys. Ocean., 36, No. 5, pp. 875–896.
Winter N., Y. Morel and G. Evensen, 2007. Efficiency of high order numerical schemes for momentum advection. J. Mar. Res., 67, pp. 31–46
Y. Morel, Rémy Baraille and Annick Pichon, 2008. Time splitting and linear stability of the slow part of the barotropic component. Ocean Mod., 23, PP. 73-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.04.001
V. Mensah, M. Le Menn and Y. Morel, 2009. Thermal mass correction for the evaluation of salinity. J. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology-O, DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHO612.1
Y. Morel and L. Thomas, 2009. Ekman drift and vortical structures. Ocean Mod., 27, PP. 185-197. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.01.002
V. Rossi, C. Lopez, E. Hernandez-Garcia, J. Sudre, V. Garcon, and Y. Morel, 2009. Surface mixing and biological activity in the four Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems. Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 16, 557–568
C. Renaudie, R. Baraille, Y. Morel, G. Hello, H. Giordani, 2009. Adaptation of the vertical resolution in the mixed layer for HYCOM. Ocean Mod., 30, 178-189.
V. Rossi, Y. Morel and V. Garçon, 2010. Effect of the wind on the dynamics of the shelf : formation of a secondary upwelling along the continental margin. Ocean Mod., 31, 51 – 79
Meunier, V. Rossi, Y. Morel, X. Carton, 2010. Influence of bottom topography on an upwelling current : generation of long trapped filaments. Ocean Mod., 35, 277-303
C. Renaudie, R. Baraille, Y. Morel, G. Hello, H. Giordani, 2011. Observation and analysis of mixing in a tidal and wind-mixed coastal region. Ocean Mod., 37, 65 – 84.
S. Lahaye, F. Gouillon, R. Baraille, A. Pichon, L. Pineau-Guillou, and Y. Morel, 2011. A numerical scheme for modelling tidal wetting and drying. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C03028, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006666
S. Raimund, B. Quack, Y. Bozec, M. Vernet, V. Rossi, V. Garçon, Y. Morel and P. Morin, 2011. Sources of short-lived bromocarbons in the Iberian upwelling system. Biogeosciences, 8, 1551 – 1564.
A. Pichon, Y. Morel, R. Baraille, L. Quaresma, 2011. Internal tide interactions in the Bay of Biscay: Observations and modelling. J. Mar. Sys., doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.07.003
A. Pasquet, T. Szekely, Y. Morel, R. Baraille, 2012. Production and dispersion of mixed waters in stratified coastal areas. Cont. Shelf Res., vol. 39–40, 49–77
M. Le Hénaff, V. Kourafalou, Y. Morel, A. Srinivasan, 2012. Simulating the dynamics and intensification of cyclonic Loop Current Frontal Eddies in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007279
G. Charria, P. Lazure, B. Le Cann, A. Serpette, L. Marié, G. Reverdin, S. Louazel, A. Pichon, Y. Morel, 2013. Surface layer circulation derived from Lagrangian drifters in the Bay of Biscay. J. Mar. Sys., doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.09.015.
Vincent Rossi, V. Garçon, J. Tassel, J. B. Romagnan, L. Stemmann, F. Jourdin, P. Morin, Y. Morel, 2013. Cross-shelf variability in the Iberian Peninsula Upwelling System: impact of a mesoscale filament. Cont. Shelf Res., 59 (2013), 97–114 .
Assassi, C., Y. Morel, F. Vandermeirsch, A. Chaigneau, C. Pegliasco, R. Morrow, F. Colas, S. Fleury, X. Carton, P. Klein, R. Cambra, 2016. An index to distinguish surface and subsurface intensified vortices from surface observations. J. Phys. Ocean., https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0122.1
Y. Morel, S. Thual, T. Delcroix, N. Hall, G Alory, 2018. A theoretical model to analyze the Central to Eastern Pacific El Nino continuum. Ocean Modelling, 130, 140-159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.07.006
C. Menesguen, A. Delpech, F. Marin, S. Cravatte, R. Schopp and Y. Morel, 2019. Observations and mechanisms for the formation of deep equatorial and tropical circulation. Earth and Space Science, 6. 10.1029/2018EA000438
Y. Morel, J. Gula, A. Ponte, 2019. Potential Vorticity diagnostics based on balances between volume integral and boundary conditions. Ocean Mod., 138, 23-35, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0122.1
Aguedjou H. M., Dadou I., Chaigneau A., Morel Y., Alory G., 2019. Eddies in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and their seasonal variability. Geophys. Res. Let., 10.1029/2019GL083925
Dieng Habib B., Isabelle Dadou, Fabien Léger, Yves Morel, Julien Jouanno, Florent Lyard and Damien Allain, 2019. Sea level anomalies using altimetry, model and tide gauges along the African coasts in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean: inter-comparison and temporal variability. Advances in Space Research, 10.1016/j.asr.2019.10.019
Audrey Delpech, Sophie Cravatte, Frédéric Marin and Yves Morel, 2020. Observed tracer fields structuration by mid-depth zonal jets in the tropical Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50(2), https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0132.1
J. P. Bettencourt, V. Rossi, L. Renault, P. Haynes, Y. Morel and V. Garçon, 2020. Physical and biogeochemical controls on dissolved oxygen in coastal upwelling systems. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 27, 277-294, doi:10.5194/npg-27-277-2020
J. Penney, Y. Morel, P. Haynes, F. Auclair and C. Nguyen, 2020. Diapycnal mixing of passive tracers by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. J. Fluid Mech., 900, A26, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.483
A. Delpech, S. Cravatte, F. Marin, C. Menesguen and Y. Morel, 2020. Deep Eddy Kinetic Energy in the Tropical Pacific from Lagrangian Floats. J. Geophys. Res., 125, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0180.1
F. Assene, Y. Morel, A. Delpech, M. Aguedjou, J. Jouanno, S. Cravatte, F. Marin, C. Menesguen, A. Chaigneau, I. Dadou, G. Alory, R. Holmes, B. Bourlès and A. Koch-Larrouy, 2020. From mixing to the large scale circulation : how the inverse cascade is involved in the formation of the subsurface currents in the Gulf of Guinea. Fluids, 5, 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5030147
A. Delpech, C. Ménesguen, Y. Morel, L. Thomas, S. Cravatte, F. Marin, S. Le Gentil, 2020. Intra-annual barotropic Rossby waves destabilization as a potential driver of Extra-Equatorial Jets. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 1–62, 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0180.1
Aguedjou H. M., Dadou I., Chaigneau A., Y. Morel, C. Pegliasco, C. Y. Da-Allada, E. Baloïtcha, 2021. What can we learn from observed temperature and salinity isopycnal anomalies at eddy generation sites? Application in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. (Ocean). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017630
F. Auclair , L. Debreu, E. Duval, M. Hilt1 , P. Marchesiello, E. Blayo, F. Dumas and Y. Morel, 2021. Theory and analysis of acoustic-gravity waves in a free-surface compressible and stratified ocean. Ocean Modelling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2021.101900
International Altimetry Team, 2021. Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress. Advances in Space Research, 68, 2, 319-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022
A. Chaigneau, V.O. Okpeitcha, Y. Morel, T. Stieglitz, A. Assogba, M. Benoist, P. Allamel, J. Honfo, T. D. Awoulmbang Sakpak, F. Rétif, T. Duhaut, C. Peugeot, Z. Sohou, 2022. From flood pulse to seiche: Multi-frequency water-level fluctuations in a large shallow tropical lagoon (Nokoué Lagoon, Benin). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107767
V.O. Okpeitcha, A. Chaigneau, Y. Morel, T. Stieglitz, Y. Pomelagni, Z. Sohou, D. Mama, 2022. Seasonal and interannual variability of salinity in a large West-African lagoon (Nokoué Lagoon, Benin). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107689
M. Tchilibou, A. Koch-Larrouy, S. Barbot, F. Lyard, Y. Morel, J. Jouanno, and R. Morrow, 2022. Internal tides off the Amazon shelf during two contrasted seasons: Interactions with background circulation and SSH imprints. Ocean Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-2021-114
Y. Morel, A. Chaigneau, V.O. Okpeitcha, T. Stieglitz, F. Rétif, T. Duhaut, Z. Sohou, 2022. Terrestrial or oceanic forcing? Water level variations in coastal lagoons constrained by river inflow and ocean tides.. Advances in Water Resources. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104309
D. C. Napolitano, G. Alory, I. Dadou, Y. Morel, J. Jouanno, and G. Morvan, 2022. Meso-to-large-scale effects on the Equatorial Undercurrent circulation due to islands in the Gulf of Guinea. Journal of Geophys. Res. (Ocean). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017999
Aguedjou H. M., Chaigneau A., Dadou I., Y. Morel, E. Baloïtcha, C. Y. Da-Allada, 2023. Imprint of mesoscale eddies on air-sea interaction in the tropical Atlantic Ocean . J. Remote Sens. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15123087
P.A. Ernst, B. Subrahmanyam, Y. Morel, C.B. Trott, A. Chaigneau, 2023. Subsurface Eddy Detection Optimized with Potential Vorticity from Models in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0121.1
Y. Morel, G. Morvan , R. Benshila, L. Renault, J. Gula, F. Auclair, 2023. An “objective” definition of potential vorticity. Generalized evolution equation and application to the study of coastal upwelling instability. Ocean Modelling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102287
V.O. Okpeitcha, A. Chaigneau, Y. Morel, T. Duhaut, P. Marsaleix, F. Rétif, J. Honfo, T. Stieglitz, Z. Sohou, L.-O. Sintondji, D. Mama, 2024. Modeling seasonal salinity variations in a large West African lagoon (Nokoué, Benin): major drivers and mechanisms. Regional Studies in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103330
W. N. Dima, Y. Morel, V. E. Toukep Ngnepi, R. Onguene, T. Stieglitz, T. Duhaut, B. Lemieux-Dudon, J. Romain Ngueguim, F. Besack, E. Baloitcha, A. Chaigneau, 2024. A moderately chocked estuary: Influence of a constriction on the water level variations of the Wouri estuary (Cameroon). Regional Studies in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103468.
J. Honfo Kodjo, A. Chaigneau, Y. Morel, T. Duhaut, P. Marsaleix, V. O. Okpeitcha, T. Stieglitz, S. Ouillon, F. Rétif, 2024. Water mass circulation and residence time using Eulerian approach in a large coastal lagoon (Nokoué lagoon, Benin, West Africa). Ocean Modelling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102388.
L. Ntangyong, A. Chaigneau, Y. Morel, A. Assogba, V.O. Okpeitcha, T. Duhaut, T. Stieglitz, P. Van Beek, E. Baloitcha, Z. Sohou, V. Houssou, S. Ouillon, 2024. Seasonal and interannual variations of suspended particulate matter in a West-Africa lagoon (Nokoué lagoon, Benin): impact of rivers and wind. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108821
K. Thiam, G. Alory, I. Dadou, D. Napolitano, C. Cardot, M. Aguedjou, G. Morvan, J. Jouanno and Y. Morel, 2024. Mesoscale dynamics and its influence on the coastal upwelling in the northern Gulf of Guinea. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1500753l
Akodogbo, H.H., Dossou-Sognon, F.U., Ouinsou, F.T., Avocegan, T.T., Kouglo, J.P., Okpeitcha, O.V., Assogba, A., Sohou, Z., Morel, Y., Chaigneau, A., 2025. Tidal Impacts on Zooplankton Dynamics in a Major Ocean-Lagoon Channel: Insights from a 25-Hour Intensive Survey in the Cotonou Channel, Benin. J. Mar. Sci., 12, 1519. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12091519
E. Sabaga, Y. Morel, N. Ayoub, P. Marsaleix, Hoavo Hova, A. Chaigneau, 2025. Revisiting tidal rectification by bottom topography. Ocean Modelling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102587
N. Ferdinand, A. Chaigneau, A. Kouraev, Y. Morel, O. V. Okpeitcha, S. Biancamaria, S. Ferrant. Spatio-temporal variability of flooded areas in the Ouémé floodplain (Benin, West Africa) from 2015 to 2023. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102965
I. L. Ntangyong, P. van Beek, P. Sabatier, Y. Morel, V. O. Okpeitcha, A. Assogba, M. Souhaut, T. Zambardi, A. Chaigneau, 2025. Assessment of the sediment accumulation rates derived from radionuclides and in a West African lagoon (Nokoué Lagoon, Benin). Marine Geology (revision).
Publications dans des revues scientifiques sans comité de lecture
Y. Morel et A. Tychensky, 1995. D’étranges structures dans l’Atlantique: les Meddies. Revue Scientifique et Technique de la Défense, Vol. 1995-2, pp. 99-105.
Y. Morel et T. Pichevin, 1995. Les expériences en cuve tournante. Revue Scientifique et Technique de la Défense, Vol. 1995-2, pp. 53-59.
Y. Morel, Annick Pichon, Stéphanie Louazel, Lucia Pineau-Guillou, Rémy Baraille, Alain Serpette, Cyril Lathuiliére, Fabrice Ardhuin, Audrey Pasquet, Stéphanie Corréard, Michel Assenbaum, Sophie Casitas, Luis Quaresma Dos Santos, Cécile Renaudie, Gwenaelle Hello, Hervé Giordani, Sébastien Lahaye, Xavier Carton, 2010. Modélisation de la circulation océanique en Manche, Golfe de Gascogne, Ouest-Portugal et Golfe de Cadix. Annales Hydrographique, 775, 3.1-3.15.
Y. Morel, Fabrice Ardhuin, Rémy Baraille, Christian Batany, Stéphane Beurret, Gaelle Casagrande, David Corman, Ronan Créach, Nathalie Debèse, Michel Even, Mathilde Faillot, Isabelle Gabelotaud, Thierry Garlan, Patrick Guyomard, Frédéric Jourdin, Marie-Françoise Lalancette, Cyril Lathuilière, Yann Le Faou, Yves Le Franc, Jean-Claude Le Gac, Marc Le Menn, Catherine Le Roux, Stéphanie Louazel, Laurent Louvart, Rudy Magne, Jean Meyrat, Yann Moysan, Gael Morvan, Michel Outré, Lucia Pineau-Guillou, Annick Pichon, Ronan Pronost, Didier Rouxel, Alain Serpette, Bernard Simon, Yann Stéphan, Bernard Thomas, Stéphanie Vrac, Christophe Vrignaud, 2010. La recherche au SHOM. Annales Hydrographique, 775, p 2.1-2.27.
Y. Morel, 2012. Les oubliés de la Terre. L’océan dans l’étude du climat. La revue de la Terre, octobre/décembre 2012.
Y. Morel et Maisongrande P., 2017. Eléments et idées en termes de coopérations entre les sciences environnementales et les sciences humaines et sociales. L’information environnementale, Production, portée, usages. Les cahiers d’exploration « Espace, innovation, société ».
Alexis Chaigneau, Thomas Stieglitz, Victor Okpeitcha, Arnaud Assogba, Zacharie Sohou, Christophe Peugeot, Yves Morel, 2020. Impact du changement global sur les systèmes lagunaires en Afrique de l’Ouest : le cas du lac Nokoué au Bénin. Météo&Climat, 79, juillet 2020.
Marine Herrmann, Yves Morel, 2024. Enjeux et solutions durables face aux changements globaux pour les pays en développement. La Jaune et la Rouge, journal des alumnis de l’Ecole Polytechnique.
