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2025

Bastin, S., A. Koldunov, F. Schütte, O. Gutjahr, M. A. Mrozowska, T. Fischer, R. Shevchenko, A. Kumar, N. Koldunov, H. Haak, N. Brüggemann, R. Hummels, M. S. Specht, J. Jungclaus, S. Danilov, M. Dengler, and M. Jochum (2025): Sensitivity of the tropical Atlantic to vertical mixing in two ocean models (ICON-O v2.6.6 and FESOM v2.5). Geoscientific Model Development, 18, 4, 1189-1220. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1189-2025
Cariou, T., S. Hillion, A. Brouquier, P. Rousselot, F. Roubaud, I. Pondaven, D. Diverrès, C. Bachelier, J. Llido, and B. Bourlès (2025): Biogeochemical parameters collected and analysed during the French cruises of the PIRATA programme in the Guinea Gulf, 1997—2024. Scientific Data, 12, 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05003-x
Brandt, P., M. Körner, J. N. Moum, M. Roch, A. Subramaniam, R. Czeschel, G. Krahmann, M. Dengler, and R. Kiko (2025): Seasonal productivity of the equatorial Atlantic shaped by distinct wind-driven processes. Nature Geo., 18, 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01609-9
Schütte, F., A. C. Hans, M. Schulz, R. Hummels, O. Assokpa, P. Brandt, R. Kiko, A. Körtzinger, B. Fiedler, T. Fischer, E. Rodrigues, H.-J. Hoving, H. Hauss (2025): Linking physical processes to biological responses: Interdisciplinary observational insights into the enhanced biological productivity of the Cape Verde Archipelago. Prog. Oceanogr., 235, 103479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103479
Tuchen, F. P., G. R. Foltz, S.-K. Lee, R. C. Perez, A. Prigent, P. Brandt, M. J. McPhaden, H. Lopez, D. Kim, and R. West (2025): Record warmth and unprecedented drop in equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperatures in 2024. Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL115973. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115973

2024

Darren L. C. Y., L. S. Hiung, J. M. Schuster, M. I Duncan, N. L. Payne, B. Helmuth, J. W. F. Chu, J. K. Baum, V. Brambilla, J. Bruno, S. W Davies, M. Dornelas, P. Gagnon, T. Guy-Haim, J. M. Jackson, J. J. Leichter, J. S. Madin, Z. L. Monteith, A. M. Queirós, E. V. C. Schneider, S. Starko, B. S. Talwar, A. S. J. Wyatt, H. E. Aichelman, N. Bensoussan, C. Caruso, K. Castillo, F. Choi, Y.-W. Dong, J. Garrabou, D. Guillemain, N. Higgs, Y. Jiang, D. K. Kersting, D. J. Kushner, G. O. Longo, C. Neufeld, M. Peirache, T. Smyth, J. L. Sprague, G. Urvoy, F. Zuberer, and A. E. Bates (2024): Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns, PNAS Nexus, 3(8), August 2024, 260. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae260
de Assis, C. A. M., L. Q. Pinho, A. M. Fernandes, M. Araujo, L. Cotrim da Cunha (2024): Reconstruction of the marine carbonate system at the Western Tropical Atlantic: trends and variabilities from 20 years of the PIRATA program, Front. Mar. Sci., 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1286960
Hans, A. C., P. Brandt, F. Gasparin, M. Claus, S. Cravatte, J. Horstmann, and G. Reverdin (2024): Observed diurnal cycles of near-surface shear and stratification in the equatorial Atlantic and their wind dependence. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, e2023JC020870. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020870
Iyer, S., and J. N. Moum (2024): Turbulence from tropical instability waves in the equatorial cold tongues: Quantification from multiyear moored records. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, e2023JC020646. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020646
Jing, X., L. Wang, Q. Wu, and H. Cheng (2024): Proposal and application of a convective wind gustiness parameterization based on convective available potential energy. Clim. Dyn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07384-y
Kemgang Ghomsi, F. E., Raj, R. P., Bonaduce, A., Halo, I., Nyberg, B., Cazanave, A., Rouault, M., & Johannessen, O. M. (2024): Sea level variability in Gulf of Guinea from satellite altimetry. Scientific Reports, 14, 4759. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55170-x
Lefèvre, N., D. Veleda, and L. Beaumont (2024): Trends and drivers of CO2 parameters, from 2006 to 2021, at a time-series station in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic (6°S, 10°W). Front. Mar. Sci., 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1299071
Médieu, A., D. Point, J. E. Sonke, H. Angot, V. Allain, N. Bodin, D. H. Adams, A. Bignert, D. G. Streets, P. B. Buchanan, L.-E. Heimbürger-Boavida, H. Pethybridge, D. P. Gillikin, F. Ménard, C. A. Choy, T. Itai, P. Bustamante, Z. Dhurmeea, B. E. Ferriss, B. Bourlès, J. Habasque, A. Verheyden, J.-M. Munaron, L. Laffont, O. Gauthier, and A. Lorrain (2024): Stable Tuna Mercury Concentrations since 1971 Illustrate Marine Inertia and the Need for Strong Emission Reductions under the Minamata Convention. Env. Sci. & Tech. Lett., 11 (3), 250-258. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00949
Mrozowska, M. A., M. Jochum, S. Bastin, R. Hummels, A. Koldunov, M. Dengler, T. Fischer, R. Nuterman, and R. R. Hansen (2024): Using NIW Observations to Assess Mixed Layer Parameterizations: A Case Study in the Tropical Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC020985
Roch, M., P. Brandt, S. Schmidtko, and F. P. Tuchen (2024): Impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the decadal variability of the upper subtropical-tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, e2023JC020614. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020614
Specht, M.S., J. Jungclaus, and J. Bader (2024): Seasonality of Subsurface Shear Instabilities at Tropical Instability Wave Fronts in the Atlantic Ocean in a High-Resolution Simulation. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, 8. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020041
Tuchen, F. P., R. C. Perez, G. R. Foltz, P. Brandt, A. Subramaniam, S.-K. Lee, R. Lumpkin, and R. Hummels (2024): Modulation of equatorial currents and tropical instability waves during the 2021 Atlantic Niño. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129(1), e2023JC020431. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020431
Windmiller, J. M. (2024): The calm and variable inner life of the Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone: The relationship between the doldrums and surface convergence. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL109460. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109460

2023

Bastin, S., M. Claus, R. J. Greatbatch, and P. Brandt (2023): Factors influencing the meridional width of the equatorial deep jets. Ocean Sci., 19, 923–939. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-923-2023
Brandt, P., G. Alory, F. M. Awo, M. Dengler, S. Djakouré, R. A. Imbol Koungue, J. Jouanno, M. Körner, M. Roch, and M. Rouault (2023): Physical processes and biological productivity in the upwelling regions of the tropical Atlantic. Ocean Sci., 19, 581–601. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-581-2023
Djakouré, S., M. Koné, K. U. Koffi, K. Y. Kouadio, M. Adon, E. Nyadjro, and S. Ta (2023): Characterization of marine heat waves in the eastern tropical Atlantic ocean. Front. Mar. Sci., 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1293779
Körner, M., P. Brandt, and M. Dengler (2023): Seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature in the tropical Angolan Upwelling System. Ocean Sci., 19, 121–139. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-121-2023
McPhaden, M. J., K. J. Connell, G. R. Foltz, R. C. Perez, and K. Grissom (2023): Tropical ocean observations for weather and climate: A decadal overview of the Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array. Oceanography, 36(2–3), 32–43. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.211
Moum, J. N., W. D. Smyth, K. G. Hughes, D. Cherian, S. J. Warner, B. Bourlès, P. Brandt, and M. Dengler (2023): Wind dependencies of deep cycle turbulence in the equatorial cold tongues. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 53(8), 1979–1995. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0203.1
Moura, G. C. C., Y. M. Aires, A. L. C. Brito, E. F. Souza Junior, R. S. Rocha, P. M. V. Sousa, A. G. Feirreira, O. V. Sousa, and D. Veleda (2023): Characterization of the cultivable microbiota components of marine bioaerosols in the North Tropical Atlantic. Atmosphere, 14(10), 1470. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14101470
Ngakala, R. D., G. Alory, C. Y. Da-Allada, O. E. Kom, J. Jouanno, W. Rath, and E. Baoitcha (2023): Joint observation–model mixed-layer heat and salt budgets in the eastern tropical Atlantic. Ocean Sci., 19, 535–558. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-535-2023
Piñango, A., E. Azar, M. Wallner-Kersanach, E. da Costa Machado, G. Martins, T. Peterle, C. Eduardo de Rezende, and M. da Graça Baumgarten (2023): Influence of the ITCZ and OMZ on the isotopic composition of suspended particulate matter in the western tropical North Atlantic. J. Mar. Sys., 237, 103803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103803
Pradhan, R. K., and Y. Markonis (2023): Performance Evaluation of GPM IMERG Precipitation Products over the Tropical Oceans Using Buoys. J. Hydrometeor., 24, 1755–1770. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0216.1
Thandlam, V., A. Rutgersson, H. Rahaman, M. Yabaku, V. Kaagita, and V. R. Sakirevupalli (2023): Quantifying uncertainties in CERES/MODIS downwelling radiation fluxes in the global tropical oceans. Ocean-Land-Atmosph. Res., 2. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1458712/v1
Topé, G. D. A., G. Alory, S. Djakouré, C. Y. Da-Allada, J. Jouanno, and G. Morvan (2023): How does the Niger river warm coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Guinea? Front. Mar. Sci., 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1187202

2022

Aguiar, A. L., M. Marta-Almeida, L. O. Cruz, J. Pereira, M. Cirano (2022): Forcing mechanisms of the circulation on the Brazilian Equatorial Shelf. Cont. Shelf Res., 247, 104811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104811
Ariza, A., M. Lengaigne, C. Menkes, A. Leboures-Dhaussy, A. Receveur, T. Gorgues, J. Habasque, M. Gutierrez, O. Maury, and A. Bertrand (2022): Global decline of pelagic fauna in a warmer ocean. Nat. Clim. Chang., 12, 928–934. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01479-2
Asharaf, S., D. J. Posselt, F. Said, and C. S. Ruf (2022): Updates on CYGNSS Ocean Surface Wind Validation in the Tropics. J. Atmos. Oc. Tech., 40, 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0168.1
Balcázar, L., K. M. Bâ, C. Díaz-Delgado, M. A. Gómez-Albores, G. Gaona, and S. Minga-León (2022): Development and Assessment of Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting Models for the Bani and the Senegal Basins by Identifying the Best Predictive Teleconnection. Remote Sensing, 14, 24, 6397. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14246397
Bastin, S., M. Claus, P. Brandt, and R. J. Greatbatch (2022): Atlantic equatorial deep jets in Argo float data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, 1315-1332. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0140.1
Bonou, F., Medeiros, C., Noriega, C., et al. (2022): A comparative study of total alkalinity and total inorganic carbon near tropical Atlantic coastal regions. J. Coast. Conserv., 26, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-022-00872-5
Dimoune, D. M., F. Birol, F. Hernandez, F. Leger, and M. Araujo (2022): Revisiting the tropical Atlantic western boundary circulation from a 25-year time series of satellite altimetry data. Ocean Sci., 19, 251–268. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-251-2023
Körner, M., M. Claus, P. Brandt, and F. P. Tuchen (2022): Sources and pathways of intraseasonal meridional kinetic energy in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, 2445-2462. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0315.1
Foli, B. A. K., K. Appeaning Addo, J. K. Ansong, et al. (2022): Evaluation of ECMWF and NCEP Reanalysis Wind Fields for Long-Term Historical Analysis and Ocean Wave Modelling in West Africa. Remote Sens Earth Syst Sci, 5, 26–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-021-00052-3
Fu, Y., Brandt, P., Tuchen, F. P., Lübbecke, J. F., & Wang, C. (2022): Representation of the Mean Atlantic Subtropical Cells in CMIP6 Models. J. Geophys. Res.: Oceans, 127(3), e2021JC018191. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018191
Giordani, H., and Peyrillé, P. (2022): Dynamics of the Atlantic Marine Intertropical Convergence Zone. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, e2021JD036392. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036392
Heukamp, F.O., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, F.P. Tuchen, M.J. McPhaden, and J.N. Moum (2022): Tropical instability waves and wind-forced cross-equatorial flow in the central Atlantic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, 19, e2022GL099325. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099325
Liang, H., B. Jiang, S. Liang, et al. (2022): A global long-term ocean surface daily/0.05° net radiation product from 1983–2020. Sci Data, 9, 337. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01419-x
Moum, J. M., K. G. Hughes, E. L. Shroyer, W. D. Smyth, D. Cherian, S. J. Warner, B. Bourlès, P. Brandt and M. Dengler (2022): Deep cycle turbulence in the Atlantic and Pacific cold tongues. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL097345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097345
Napolitano, D. C., G. Alory, I. Dadou, Y. Morel, J. Jouanno, and G. Morvan (2022): Influence of the Gulf of Guinea islands on the Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent circulation. J. Geophys. Res.: Oceans, 127, 9, e2021JC017999. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017999
Reverdin, G., C. Waelbroeck, C. Pierre, C. Akhoudas, G. Aloisi, M. Benetti, B. Bourlès, et al. (2022): The CISE-LOCEAN sea water isotopic database (1998-2021). Earth Sys. Sci. Data, 14, 6, 2721-2735. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2721-2022
Richter, I., H. Tokinaga, and Y. M. Okumura (2022): The extraordinary equatorial Atlantic warming in late 2019. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL095918. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095918
Tuchen, F. P., P. Brandt, J. Hahn, R. Hummels, G. Krahmann, B. Bourlès, C. Provost, M. J. McPhaden, and J. M. Toole (2022): Two decades of full-depth current velocity observations from a moored observatory in the central equatorial Atlantic at 0°N, 23°W. Front. Mar. Sci., 9, 910979. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.910979

2021

Alory, G., C. Y. Da-Allada, S. Djakouré, I. Dadou, J. Jouanno, and D. P. Loemba (2021): Coastal upwelling limitation by onshore geostrophic flow in the Gulf of Guinea around the Niger River plume. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, 607216. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.607216
Bingham, F. M., and S. Brodnitz (2021): Sea surface salinity short-term variability in the tropics. Ocean Sci., 17, 1437–1447. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1437-2021
Bingham, F. M., S. Brodnitz, and L. Yu (2021): Sea surface salinity seasonal variability in the tropics from satellites, gridded in situ products and mooring observations. Remote Sens., 13, 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010110
Brandt, P., J. Hahn, S. Schmidtko, F. P. Tuchen, R. Kopte, R. Kiko, B. Bourlès, R. Czeschel, M. Dengler (2021): Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent intensification counteracts warming-induced deoxygenation. Nature Geoscience, 14, 278–282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00716-1
Castelão, G. P. (2021): A machine learning approach to quality control oceanographic data. Computers & Geosciences, 155, 104803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104803
Foli, B. A. K., K. A. Addo, J. K. Ansong, and G. Wiafe (2021): Evaluation of ECMWF and NCEP reanalysis wind fields for long-term historical analysis and ocean wave modelling in West Africa. Remote Sens. Earth Sys. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-021-00052-3
Good, P., R. Chadwick, C. E. Holloway, J. Kennedy, J. A. Lowe, R. Roehrig, and S. S. Rushley (2021): High sensitivity of tropical precipitation to local sea-surface temperature. Nature, 589, 408–414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2887-3
Houndegnonto, O. J., N. Kolodziejczyk, C. Maes, B. Bourlès, C. Y. Da-Allada, N. Reul (2021): Seasonal variability of freshwater plumes in the eastern Gulf of Guinea as inferred from satellite measurements. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126, 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017041
Imbol Koungue, R. A., and P. Brandt (2021): Impact of Intraseasonal Waves on Angolan Warm and Cold Events. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126, 4. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017088
Imbol Koungue, R. A., P. Brandt, J. Lübbecke, A. Prigent, M. S. Martins, and R. R. Rodrigues (2021): The 2019 Benguela Niño. Front. Mar. Sci., 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.800103
Lefèvre, N., C. Mejia, D. Khvorostyanov, L. Beaumont, U. Koffi (2021): Ocean circulation drives the variability of the carbon system in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Oceans, 2, 126–148. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans2010008
Luko, C. D., I. C. A. da Silveira, I. T. Simoes-Sousa, J. M. Araujo, and A. Tandon (2021): Revisiting the Atlantic South Equatorial Current. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017387
Luo, B., P. J. Minnett, and N. R. Nalli (2021): Infrared satellite-derived sea surface skin temperature sensitivity to aerosol vertical distribution – field data analysis and model simulations. Remote Sens. Environ., 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112151
Specht, M. S., J. Jungclaus, and J. Bader (2021): Identifying and characterizing subsurface tropical instability waves in the Atlantic Ocean in simulations and observations. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126, e2020JC017013. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017013
Yan, Y., L. Zhang, X. Song, G. Wang, and C. Chen (2021): Diurnal variation in surface latent heat flux and the effect of diurnal variability on the climatological latent heat flux over the tropical oceans. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 3401-3415. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0128.1

2020

Burmeister, K., J. F. Luebbecke, P. Brandt, M. Claus, and J. Hahn (2020): Fluctuations of the Atlantic North Equatorial Undercurrent and associated changes in oxygen transports. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL088350. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL08835
Christophersen, J. A., G. Foltz, and R. C. Perez (2020): Surface expressions of atmospheric thermal tides in the tropical Atlantic and their impact on open-ocean precipitation. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125, e2019JD031997. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031997
Deppenmeier, A., R. J. Haarsma, C. van Heerwaarden, and W. Hazeleger (2020): The Southeastern Tropical Atlantic SST bias investigated with a coupled atmosphere–ocean single-column model at a PIRATA mooring site. J. Climate, 33, 6255–6271. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0608.1
Delpech, A., A. Conchon, O. Titaud, and P. Lehodey (2020): Influence of oceanic conditions in the energy transfer efficiency estimation of a micronekton model. Biogeosci., 17, 833–850. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-833-2020
Dominguez, C., J. M. Done, and C. L. Bruyère (2020): Easterly wave contributions to seasonal rainfall over the tropical Americas in observations and a regional climate model. Clim. Dyn., 54, 191–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04996-7
Foltz, G. R., R. Hummels, M. Dengler, R. C. Perez, and M. Araujo (2020): Vertical turbulent cooling of the mixed layer in the Atlantic ITCZ and trade wind regions. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125, 2. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015529
Hackert, E., R. M. Kovach, A. Molod, G. Vernieres, A. Borovikov, J. Marshak, and Y. Chang (2020): Satellite sea surface salinity observations impact on El Niño/Southern Oscillation predictions: Case studies from the NASA GEOS seasonal forecast system. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015788
Hummels, R., M. Dengler, W. Rath, G. R. Foltz, F. Schütte, T. Fischer, and P. Brandt (2020): Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic. Nature Comm., 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17601-x
Lefèvre, N., P. Tyaquiçã, D. Veleda, C. Perruche, S. Jan van Gennip (2020): Amazon river propagation evidenced by a CO2 decrease at 8°N, 38°W in September 2013. J. Mar. Sys., 211, 103419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103419
Luo, B., P. J. Minnett, M. Szczodrak, N. R. Nalli, V. R. Morris (2020): Accuracy assessment of MERRA-2 and ERA-Interim sea surface temperature, air temperature, and humidity profiles over the Atlantic Ocean using AEROSE measurements. J. Clim., 33, 6889-6909. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0955.1
Mallet, M., F. Solmon, P. Nabat, N. Elguindi, F. Waquet, D. Bouniol, A. M. Sayer, K. Meyer, R. Roehrig, M. Michou, P. Zuidema, C. Flamant, J. Redemann, and P. Formenti (2020): Direct and semi-direct radiative forcing of biomass-burning aerosols over the southeast Atlantic (SEA) and its sensitivity to absorbing properties: a regional climate modeling study. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13191-13216. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13191-2020
Radenac, M.-H., J. Jouanno, C. C. Tchamabi, M. Awo, B. Bourlès, S. Arnault, and O. Aumont (2020): Physical drivers of the nitrate seasonal variability in the Atlantic cold tongue. Biogeosci., 17, 529-545. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-529-2020
Sun, Y., W. Perrie, F. Qiao, and G. Wang (2020): Intercomparisons of high-resolution global ocean analyses: Evaluation of a new synthesis in Tropical Oceans. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125, e2020JC016118. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016118
Yagi, M., and K. Kutsuwada (2020): Validation of different global data sets for sea surface wind-stress. Inter. J. Rem. Sens., 41:15, 6022-6049. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1714784
Zhou, X., P. Ray, B. S. Barrett, and P.-C. Hui (2020): Understanding the bias in surface latent and sensible heat fluxes in contemporary AGCMs over tropical oceans. Clim. Dyn., 55, 2957–2978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05431-y

2019

Bourlès, B., M. Araujo, M. J. McPhaden, P. Brandt, G. R. Foltz, R. Lumpkin, H. Giordani, F. Hernandez, N. Lefevre, P. Nobre, E. Campos, R. Saravanan, J. Trotte-Duha, M. Dengler, J. Hahn, R. Hummels, J. F. Lubbecke, M. Rouault, L. Cotrim, A. Sutton, M. Jochum, and R. C. Perez (2019): PIRATA: A sustained observing system for tropical Atlantic climate research and forecasting. Earth and Space Sci., 6, 577-616. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000428
Crespo, J., D. Posselt, and S. Asharaf (2019): CYGNSS Surface Heat Flux Product Development. Remote Sensing, 11, 2294. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192294
Dossa, A. N., C. Y. Da-Allada, G. Herbert, and B. Bourlès (2019): Seasonal cycle of the salinity barrier layer revealed in the northeastern Gulf of Guinea. African J. Mar. Sci., 41:2, 163-175. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2019.1616612
Endo, C. A. K., D. F. M. Gherardi, L. P. Pezzi, and L. N. Lima (2019): Low connectivity compromises the conservation of reef fishes by marine protected areas in the tropical South Atlantic. Sci. Rep., 9, 8634. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45042-0
Foltz, G. R., P. Brandt, I. Richter, B. Rodríguez-Fonseca, F. Hernandez, M. Dengler, R. R. Rodrigues, et al. (2019): The Tropical Atlantic Observing System. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 206. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00206
Fujii, Y., E. Rémy, H. Zuo, P. Oke, G. Halliwell, F. Gasparin, et al. (2019): Observing System Evaluation Based on Ocean Data Assimilation and Prediction Systems: On-Going Challenges and a Future Vision for Designing and Supporting Ocean Observational Networks. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 417. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00417
Illig, S., and M.-L. Bachèlery (2019): Propagation of Subseasonal Equatorially-Forced Coastal Trapped Waves down to the Benguela Upwelling System. Sci. Rep., 9, 5306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41847-1
Imbol Koungue, R. A., M. Rouault, S. Illig, P. Brandt, and J. Jouanno (2019): Benguela Niños and Benguela Niñas in forced ocean simulation from 1958 to 2015. J. Geophys. Res., 124, 5923–5951. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015013
Lübbecke, J. F., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, R. Kopte, J. Lüdke, I. Richter, M. S. Martins, and P. C. M. Tchipalanga (2019): Causes and evolution of the southeastern tropical Atlantic warm event in early 2016. Clim. Dyn., 53, 261–274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4582-8
Luo, B., P. J. Minnett, C. Gentemann, G. Szczodrak (2019): Infrared satellite-derived sea surface skin temperature sensitivity to aerosol vertical distribution – Field data analysis and model simulations. Rem. Sens. Environ., 223, 8–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103419
Mears, C. A., J. Scott, F. J. Wentz, L. Ricciardulli, S. M. Leidner, R. Hoffman, and R. Atlas (2019): A Near-Real-Time Version of the Cross-Calibrated Multiplatform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Velocity Data Set. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015367
Perez, R. C., G. R. Foltz, R. Lumpkin, C. Schmid (2019): Direct Measurements of Upper Ocean Horizontal Velocity and Vertical Shear in the Tropical North Atlantic at 4°N, 23°W. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, 4133–4151. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015064
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Sharma, N. (2019): Retrieval of sea surface salinity from SMAP L-band radiometer: A novel approach for wind speed correction. Quart. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 145, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3630
Taboada, F. G., C. A. Stock, S. M. Griffies, J. Dunne, J. G. John, R. J. Small, and H. Tsujino (2019): Surface winds from atmospheric reanalysis lead to contrasting oceanic forcing and coastal upwelling patterns. Ocean Modelling, 133, 79–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.11.003
Thandlam, V., and H. Rahaman (2019): Evaluation of surface shortwave and longwave downwelling radiations over the global tropical oceans. SN Appl. Sci., 1, 1171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1172-2
Varona, H. L., D. Veleda, M. Cintra, M. Araujo (2019): Amazon River plume influence on Western Tropical Atlantic dynamic variability. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 85, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2018.10.002

2018

Awo, F. M., G. Alory, C.Y. Da-Allada, T. Delcroix, J. Jouanno, E. Kestenare, and E. Baloïtcha (2018): Sea surface salinity signature of the tropical Atlantic interannual climatic modes. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123, 7420–7437. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013837
Evangelista, H., A. Sifeddine, T. Corrège, J. Servain, E. P. Dassié, R. Logato, R. C. Cordeiro, C.-C. Shen, F. Le Cornec, J. Nogueira, B. Segal, A. Castagna, and B. Turcq (2018): Climatic constraints on growth rate and geochemistry (Sr/Ca and U/Ca) of the coral Siderastrea stellata in the Southwest Equatorial Atlantic (Rocas Atoll, Brazil). Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 19, 772–786. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007365
Foltz, G. R., C. Schmid, and R. Lumpkin (2018): An enhanced PIRATA data set for tropical Atlantic ocean-atmosphere research. J. Clim., 31, 1499–1524. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0816.1
Greatbatch, R. J., M. Claus, P. Brandt, J.-D. Matthießen, F. P. Tuchen, F. Ascani, M. Dengler, J. Toole, C. Roth, and J. T. Farrar (2018): Evidence for the maintenance of slowly varying equatorial currents by intraseasonal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 1923–1929. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076662
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Hartung, K., Svensson, G., Struthers, H., Deppenmeier, A.-L., and Hazeleger, W. (2018): An EC-Earth coupled atmosphere–ocean single-column model (AOSCM.v1_EC-Earth3) for studying coupled marine and polar processes. Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 4117–4137. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4117-2018
Kopte, R., P. Brandt, M. Claus, R. J. Greatbatch, and M. Dengler (2018): Role of equatorial basin-mode resonance for the seasonal variability of the Angola Current at 11°S. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48, 261–281. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0111.1
Nogueira Neto, A. V., H. Giordani, G. Caniaux, and M. Araujo (2018): Seasonal and interannual mixed layer heat budget variability in the western tropical Atlantic from Argo floats (2007-2012). J. Geophys. Res., 123, 5298–5322. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013436
Rouault, M., S. Illig, J. F. Lübbecke, and R. A. Imbol Koungue (2018): Origin, development and demise of the 2010-2011 Benguela Niño. J. Mar. Sys., 188, 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.07.007
Sakazaki, T., and K. Hamilton (2018): Discovery of a lunar air temperature tide over the ocean: a diagnostic of air-sea coupling. NPJ Clim. and Atmosp. Sci., 1, 25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-018-0033-9
Scannell, H. A., and M. J. McPhaden (2018): Seasonal mixed layer temperature balance in the southeastern tropical Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 123, 5557–5570. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014099
Silva, T., D. Veleda, M. Araujo, and P. Tyaquiçã (2018): Ocean-atmosphere feedback during extreme rainfall events in eastern Northeast Brazil. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57, 1211–1229. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0232.1
Storto, A., M. J. Martin, B. Deremble, and S. Masina (2018): Strongly Coupled Data Assimilation Experiments with Linearized Ocean–Atmosphere Balance Relationships. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 1233–1257. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0222.1
Trolliet, M., J. Walawender, B. Bourlès, A. Boilley, J. Trentmann, P. Blanc, M. Lefevre, and L. Wald (2018): Estimating downwelling solar irradiance at the surface of the tropical Atlantic Ocean: A comparison of PIRATA measurements against several re-analyses and satellite-derived data sets. Ocean Sci., 14, 1021–1056. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1021-2018
Trolliet, M., and L. Wald (2018): Monthly solar radiation in the tropical Atlantic Ocean: Can its spatial variations be captured by the current configuration of the PIRATA moorings? Adv. In Sci. and Res., 15, 127–136. https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-15-127-2018
Tuchen, F. P., P. Brandt, M. Claus, R. Hummels (2018): Deep intraseasonal variability in the central equatorial Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48, 2851–2865. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0059.1
Weifu, S., W. Jin, Z. Jie, M. Yi, M. Junmin, Y. Lei, and M. Junwei (2018): A new global gridded sea surface temperature product constructed from infrared and microwave radiometer data using the optimum interpolation method. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37, 41–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1206-4

2017

Becherer, J., & Moum, J. N. (2017): An efficient scheme for onboard reduction of moored χpod data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 34, 2533–2546. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0118.1
Benetti, M., Reverdin, G., Aloisi, G., & Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Á. (2017): Stable isotopes in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean: Indicators of ocean-atmosphere water fluxes and oceanic mixing processes. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 4723–4742. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012712
Benetti, M., Steen-Larsen, H. C., Reverdin, G., Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Á. E., Aloisi, G., Berkelhammer, M. B., … & Winther, M. N. (2017): Stable isotopes in the atmospheric marine boundary layer water vapour over the Atlantic Ocean, 2012–2015. Nature Scientific Data, 4, 160128. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.128
Berry, D. I., & Kent, E. C. (2017): Assessing the health of the in situ global surface marine climate observing system. Int. J. Climatol., 37, 2248–2259. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4914
Bruto, L., Moacyr, A., Noriega, C., Veleda, D., & Lefevre, N. (2017): Variability of CO2 fugacity at the western edge of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from the 8°N to 38°W PIRATA buoy. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 78, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2017.01.003
Centurioni, L., Horányi, A., Cardinali, C., Charpentier, E., & Lumpkin, R. (2017): A Global Ocean Observing System for Measuring Sea Level Atmospheric Pressure: Effects and Impacts on Numerical Weather Prediction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 231–238. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00080.1
Da-Allada, C. Y., Jouanno, J., Gaillard, F., Kolodziejczyk, N., Maes, C., Reul, N., & Bourlès, B. (2017): Importance of the Equatorial Undercurrent on the sea surface salinity in the eastern equatorial Atlantic in boreal spring. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 521–538. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012342
Goes, M., Babcock, E., Bringas, F., Ortner, P., & Goni, G. (2017): The impact of improved thermistor calibration on the Expendable Bathythermograph profile data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 34, 1947–1961. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0024.1
Hao, Z., Balmaseda, M. A., & Mogensen, K. (2017): The new eddy-permitting ORAP5 ocean reanalysis: description, evaluation and uncertainties in climate signals. Clim. Dyn., 49, 791–811. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2675-1
Imbol Koungue, R. A., Illig, S., & Rouault, M. (2017): Role of interannual Kelvin wave propagations in the equatorial Atlantic on the Angola Benguela Current system. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 4685–4703. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012463
Jouanno, J., Hernandez, O., Sanchez-Gomez, E., & Deremble, B. (2017): Equatorial Atlantic interannual variability and its relation to dynamic and thermodynamic processes. Earth Syst. Dyn., 8, 1061–1069. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1061-2017
Kako, S., Okuro, A., & Kubota, M. (2017): Effectiveness of using multisatellite wind speed estimates to construct hourly wind speed datasets with diurnal variations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 34, 631–642. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0179.1
Karagali, I., Høyer, J. L., & Donlon, C. J. (2017): Using a 1-D model to reproduce the diurnal variability of SST. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012542
Li, H., Xu, F., Zhou, W., Wang, D., Wright, J. S., Liu, Z., & Lin, Y. (2017): Development of a global gridded Argo data set with Barnes successive corrections. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 866–889. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012285
Liu, C., Allan, R. P., Mayer, M., Hyder, P., Loeb, N. G., Roberts, C. D., Valdivieso, M., Edwards, J. M., & Vidale, P.-L. (2017): Evaluation of satellite and reanalysis-based global net surface energy flux and uncertainty estimates. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 6250–6272. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD026616
May, J., Rowley, C., & Barron, C. N. (2017): NFLUX satellite-based surface radiative heat fluxes. Part I: Swath-level products. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 56, 1025–1041. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0282.1
May, J. C., Rowley, C., & Barron, C. N. (2017): NFLUX Satellite-Based Surface Radiative Heat Fluxes. Part II: Gridded Products. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 56, 1043–1057. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0283.1
Swain, J., Umesh, P. A., & Murty, A. S. N. (2017): Demonstration of an efficient interpolation technique of inverse time and distance for Oceansat-2 wind measurements at 6-hourly intervals. The International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems, 8, 101. https://doi.org/10.1177/1759313117736596
Valdivieso, M., Haines, K., Balmaseda, M., Chang, Y.-S., Drevillon, M., Ferry, N., Fujii, Y., Kohl, A., Storto, A., Toyoda, T., Wang, X., Waters, J., Xue, Y., Yin, Y., Barnier, B., Hernandez, F., Kumar, A., Lee, T., Masina, S., & Peterson, K. A. (2017): An assessment of air–sea heat fluxes from ocean and coupled reanalyses. Clim. Dyn., 49, 983–1008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2843-3
Xie, P., Joyce, R., Wu, S., Yoo, S., Yarosh, Y., Sun, F., & Lin, R. (2017): Reprocessed, Bias-Corrected CMORPH Global High-Resolution Precipitation Estimates from 1998. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 1617–1641. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0168.1
Wen, C., Xue, Y., Kumar, A., Behringer, D., & Yu, L. (2017): How do uncertainties in NCEP R2 and CFSR surface fluxes impact tropical ocean simulations? Clim. Dyn., 49, 3327–3344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3516-6
Zuidema, P., Chang, P., Medeiros, B., Kirtman, B. P., Mechoso, R., Schneider, E. K., Toniazzo, T., Richter, I., Small, R. J., Bellomo, K., Brandt, P., de Szoeke, S., Farrar, J. T., Jung, E., Kato, S., Li, M., Patricola, C., Wang, Z., Wood, R., & Xu, Z. (2016): Challenges and prospects for reducing coupled climate model SST biases in the eastern tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans: The U.S. CLIVAR eastern tropical oceans synthesis working group. BAMS, 97, 2305–2328. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00274.1
Zuo, H., Balmaseda, M. A., & Mogensen, K. (2017): The new eddy-permitting ORAP5 ocean reanalysis: description, evaluation and uncertainties in climate signals. Clim. Dyn., 49, 791–811. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2675-1

2016

Bonou, F. K., C.D. Noriega, N. Lefèvre, M. Araujo (2016): Distribution of CO2 parameters in the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Dyn. Atmosph. and Oceans, 73, 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2015.12.001
Boutin, J., Y. Chao, W. Asher, T. Delcroix, R. Drucker, K. Drushka, N. Kolodziejczyk, T. Lee, N. Reul, G. Reverdin, J. Schanze, A. Soloviev, L. Yu, J. Anderson, L. Brucker, E. Dinnat, A. Santos-Garcia, W. Jones, C. Maes, T. Meissner, W. Tang, N. Vinogradova, and B. Ward (2016): Satellite and in situ salinity: understanding near-surface stratification and subfootprint variability. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 1391-1407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00032.1
Brandt, P., M. Claus, R. J. Greatbatch, R. Kopte, J. M. Toole, W. E. Johns, and C. W. Böning (2016): Annual and semi-annual cycle of equatorial Atlantic circulation associated with basin mode resonance. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 3011–3029. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0248.1
Burmeister, K., P. Brandt, and J. F. Lübbecke (2016): Revisiting the cause of the eastern equatorial Atlantic cold event in 2009. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 4777–4789. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011719
Castellanos, P., E. J. D. Campos, I. Giddy, and W. Santis (2016): Inter-comparison studies between high-resolution HYCOM simulation and observational data: The South Atlantic and the Agulhas leakage system. J. Marine Sys., 159, 76-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.02.010
Claus, M., R. Greatbatch, P. Brandt, and J. Toole (2016): Forcing of the Atlantic Equatorial Deep Jets Derived from Observations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 3549–3562. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0140.1
Freeman, E., S. D. Woodruff, S. J. Worley, S. J. Lubker, E. C. Kent, W. E. Angel, D. I. Berry, P. Brohan, R. Eastman, L. Gates, W. Gloeden, Z. Ji, J. Lawrimore, N. A. Rayner, G. Rosenhagen, and S. R. Smith (2016): ICOADS Release 3.0: a major update to the historical marine climate record. Int. J. Climatol. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4775
Herbert, G., B. Bourlès, P. Penven, and J. Grelet (2016): New insights on the upper layer circulation north of the Gulf of Guinea. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 6793–6815. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC01195
Hernandez, O., J. Jouanno, and F. Durand (2016): Do the Amazon and Orinoco freshwater plumes really matter for hurricane-induced ocean surface cooling?, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 2119–2141. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011021
Hounsou-Gbo, G. A., J. Servain, M. Araujo, E. S. Martins, B. Bourlès, and G. Caniaux (2016): Oceanic Indices for Forecasting Seasonal Rainfall over the Northern Part of Brazilian Northeast. American Journal of Climate Change, 5 (2), 261-274.
Lefèvre N., D. Veleda, M. Araujo, G. Caniaux (2016): Variability and trends of carbon parameters at a time-series in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Tellus B, 68, 30305. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v68.30305
Nalli, N., C. Barnet, T. Reale, Q. Liu, V. Morris, J. Spackman, E. Joseph, C. Tan, B. Sun, F. Tilley, L. Leung, and D. Wolfe (2016): Satellite Sounder Observations of Contrasting Tropospheric Moisture Transport Regimes: Saharan Air Layers, Hadley Cells, and Atmospheric Rivers. J. Hydrometeor., 17, 2997–3006. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0163.1
Nubi, O. A., B. Bourlès B., C. A. Edokpayi and M. N. Hounkonnou (2016): On the Nutrient distribution and phytoplankton biomass in the Gulf of Guinea equatorial band as inferred from In-situ measurements. J. Oceanogr. and Marine Sci., 7 (1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5897/JOMS2016.0124
Rugg, A., G. R. Foltz, and R. C. Perez (2016): Role of mixed layer dynamics in tropical North Atlantic interannual sea surface temperature variability. J. Climate, 29, 8083-8101. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0867.1
Salles, R., P. Mattos, A.-M. Dubois Iorgulescu, E. Bezerra, L. Lima, and E. Ogasawara (2016): Evaluating temporal aggregation for predicting the sea surface temperature of the Atlantic Ocean. Ecological Informatics, 36, 94-105. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.10.004
Wenegrat, J. O. and M. J. McPhaden (2016): A simple analytical model of the diurnal Ekman layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0031.1
Zuidema, P., P. Chang, B. Medeiros, B. Kirtman, R. Mechoso, E. Schneider, T. Toniazzo, I. Richter, R. Small, K. Bellomo, P. Brandt, S. de Szoeke, J. Farrar, E. Jung, S. Kato, M. Li, C. Patricola, Z. Wang, R. Wood, and Z. Xu (2016): Challenges and Prospects for Reducing Coupled Climate Model SST Biases in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: The U.S. CLIVAR Eastern Tropical Oceans Synthesis Working Group. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 2305–2327. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00274.1

2015

Ascani, F., E. Firing, J. P. McCreary, P. Brandt, and R. J. Greatbatch (2015): The Deep Equatorial Ocean Circulation in Wind-Forced Numerical Solutions. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 1709–1734. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0171.1
Boilley, A., and L. Wald (2015): Comparison between meteorological re-analyses from ERA-Interim and MERRA and measurements of daily solar irradiation at surface. Renewable Energy, 75, 135-143.
Brandt, P., H. W. Bange, D. Banyte, M. Dengler, S.-H. Didwischus, T. Fischer, R. J. Greatbatch, J. Hahn, T. Kanzow, J. Karstensen, A. Körtzinger, G. Krahmann, S. Schmidtko, L. Stramma, T. Tanhua, and M. Visbeck (2015): On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic. Biogeosciences, 12, 489–512. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-489-2015
Camara, I., N. Kolodziejczyk, J. Mignot, A. Lazar, and A. T. Gaye (2015): On the seasonal variations of salinity of the tropical Atlantic mixed layer. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 4441–4462. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC010865
Cintra, M. M., C. A.D. Lentini, J. Servain, M. Araujo, and E. Marone (2015): Physical processes that drive the seasonal evolution of the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic Warm Pool. Dyn. Atmos. and Oceans, 72, 1-11.
Foltz, G., C. Schmid, and R. Lumpkin (2015): Transport of surface freshwater from the equatorial to the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45(4), 1086–1102. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0189.1
Giarolla, E., L. S. P. Siqueira, M. J. Bottino, M. Malagutti, V. B. Capistrano, and P. Nobre (2015): Equatorial Atlantic Ocean dynamics in a coupled ocean–atmosphere model simulation. Ocean Dynamics, 65(6), 831-843.
Grodsky, S. A., B. K. Johnson, J. A. Carton, and F. O. Bryan (2015): Interannual Caribbean salinity in satellite data and model simulations. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 1375–1387. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010625
Hounsou-Gbo, G. A., M. Araujo, B. Bourlès, D. Veleda, and J. Servain (2015): Tropical Atlantic contributions to strong rainfall variability along the Northeast Brazilian coast. Advances in Meteorology, 2015, Article ID 902084. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/902084
Jin, X., L. Yu, D. L. Jackson, and G. A. Wick (2015): An Improved Near-Surface Specific Humidity and Air Temperature Climatology for the SSM/I Satellite Period. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32, 412–433. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00080.1
Klepp, C. (2015): The Oceanic Shipboard Precipitation Measurement Network for Surface Validation: OceanRAIN. Atmospheric Res., 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.12.014
Kolodziejczyk, N., G. Reverdin, and A. Lazar (2015): Interannual Variability of the Mixed Layer Winter Convection and Spice Injection in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 504–525. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0042.1
Legler, D., H. J. Freeland, R. Lumpkin, G. Ball, M. J. McPhaden, S. North, R. Cowley, G. Goni, U. Send, and M. Merrifield (2015): The current status of the real-time in situ global ocean observing system for operational oceanography. J. Operational Oceanography, 8(S2), 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2015.1049883
Lübbecke, J. F., J. V. Durgadoo, and A. Biastoch (2015): Contribution of Increased Agulhas Leakage to Tropical Atlantic Warming. J. Climate, 28, 9697–9706. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0258.1
Martins, S., N. Serra, and D. Stammer (2015): Spatial and temporal scales of sea surface salinity variability in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 4306–4323. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010649
Meynadier, R., G. de Coetlogon, S. Bastin, L. Eymard, and S. Janicot (2015): Sensitivity testing of WRF parameterizations on air–sea interaction and its impact on water cycle in the Gulf of Guinea. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 1804–1820. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2483
Penny, S. G., D. W. Behringer, J. A. Carton, and E. Kalnay (2015): A Hybrid Global Ocean Data Assimilation System at NCEP. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 4660–4677. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00376.1
Ricciardulli, L., and F. J. Wentz (2015): A Scatterometer Geophysical Model Function for Climate-Quality Winds: QuikSCAT Ku-2011. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32:10, 1829-1846. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0008.1
Rodríguez-Fonseca, B., E. Mohino, C. R. Mechoso, C. Caminade, M. Biasutti, M. Gaetani, J. Garcia-Serrano, E. K. Vizy, K. Cook, Y. Xue, I. Polo, T. Losada, L. Druyan, B. Fontaine, J. Bader, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, L. Goddard, S. Janicot, A. Arribas, W. Lau, A. Colman, M. Vellinga, D. P. Rowell, F. Kucharski, and A. Voldoire (2015): Variability and Predictability of West African Droughts: A Review on the Role of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Climate, 28, 4034–4060. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00130.1
Sena Martins, M., N. Serra, and D. Stammer (2015): Spatial and temporal scales of sea surface salinity variability in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 4306–4323. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010649
Tchilibou, M., T. Delcroix, G. Alory, S. Arnault, and G. Reverdin (2015): Variations of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific SSS minimum zones and their relations to the ITCZ and SPCZ rain bands (1979–2009). J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 5090–5100. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC010836
Veleda, D., R. Montagne, M. Araujo, G. Pereira, P. Tyaquiçã, C. Noriega, and F. Lacerda (2015): Tropical Atlantic variability impacts on the sub-middle São Francisco Valley, a Brazilian wine-producing area. Global J. Agricult. Res. and Rev., 3, 133-145.
Wenegrat, J.O., and M.J. McPhaden (2015): Dynamics of the surface layer diurnal cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean (0°, 23°W). J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 563-581. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010504
Wentz, F. J. (2015): A 17-Yr Climate Record of Environmental Parameters Derived from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager. Journal of Climate, 28:17, 6882-6902. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0155.1
Xiangze, J., L. Yu, D. L. Jackson, and G. A. Wick (2015): An Improved Near-Surface Specific Humidity and Air Temperature Climatology for the SSM/I Satellite Period. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32, 412–433. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00080.1

2014

Abe, H., and N. Ebuchi (2014): Evaluation of sea-surface salinity observed by Aquarius. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 8109–8121. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010094
Araujo, M., D. Veleda, P. R. G. Barrocas, F. F. M. Moraes, R. Montagne, and E. Lopez (2014): Non-stationary climatic influence of inter-epidemic periods on Dengue in Brazil. In Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Beyond the Horizon. Steenbergen et al. (Eds), Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00123-7.
Berger, H., A. M. Treguier, N. Perenne, and C. Talandier (2014): Dynamical contribution to sea surface salinity variations in the eastern Gulf of Guinea based on numerical modelling. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 3105–3122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2195-4
Brandt, P., A. Funk, A. Tantet, W. E. Johns, and J. Fischer (2014): The Equatorial Undercurrent in the central Atlantic and its relation to tropical Atlantic variability. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 2985–2997. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2061-4
Brown, P. J., and C. D. Kummerow (2014): An Assessment of Atmospheric Water Budget Components over Tropical Oceans. J. Climate, 27, 2054–2071. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00385.1
Chakraborty, A., R. Sharma, R. Kumar, and S. Basu (2014): An OGCM assessment of blended OSCAT winds. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 173–186. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009406
Chakraborty, A., R. Sharma, R. Kumar, and S. Basu (2014): A SEEK filter assimilation of sea surface salinity from Aquarius in an OGCM: Implication for surface dynamics and thermohaline structure. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 4777–4796. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC009984
Da-Allada, C. Y., G. Alory, Y. du Penhoat, J. Jouanno, N. Hounkonnou, and E. Kestenare (2014): Causes for the recent increase of sea surface salinity in the northeast Gulf of Guinea. African J. of Mar. Science, 36(2), 197–205. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.927398
Da-Allada, C. Y., Y. du Penhoat, J. Jouanno, G. Alory, and N. Mahouton (2014): Modeled mixed-layer salinity balance in the Gulf of Guinea: seasonal and interannual variability. Ocean Dyn., 64, 1783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-014-0775-9
Djakouré, S., P. Penven, B. Bourlès, J. Veitch, and V. Koné (2014): Coastally trapped eddies in the north of the Gulf of Guinea. J. Geophys. Res., 119. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010243
Giordani, H., and G. Caniaux (2014): Frontogenesis in the equatorial front formation in 2006. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 3147–3162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2293-3
Hahn, J., P. Brandt, R. J. Greatbatch, G. Krahmann, and A. Körtzinger (2014): Oxygen variance and meridional oxygen supply in the Tropical North East Atlantic oxygen minimum zone. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 2999–3024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2065-0
Hummels, R., M. Dengler, P. Brandt, and M. Schlundt (2014): Diapycnal heat flux and mixed layer heat budget within the Atlantic Cold Tongue. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 3179–3199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2339-6
Grodsky, S. A., J. A. Carton, and F. O. Bryan (2014): A curious local surface salinity maximum in the northwestern tropical Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 484–495. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009450
Grodsky, S. A., G. Reverdin, J. A. Carton, and V. J. Coles (2014): Year-to-year salinity changes in the Amazon plume: Contrasting 2011 and 2012 Aquarius/SACD and SMOS satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 140, 14–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.033
Johns, W. E., P. Brandt, B. Bourlès, A. Tantet, A. Papapostolou, and A. Houk (2014): Zonal Structure and Seasonal Variability of the Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 3047–3069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2136-2
Johns, W. E., P. Brandt, and P. Chang (2014): Tropical Atlantic variability and coupled model climate biases: results from the Tropical Atlantic Climate Experiment (TACE). Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 2887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2392-1
Kolodziejczyk, N., F. Marin, B. Bourlès, Y. Gouriou, and H. Berger (2014): Seasonal variability of the Equatorial Undercurrent termination and associated salinity maximum in the Gulf of Guinea. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 3025–2046. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2107-7
Lee, T., G. Lagerloef, H.-Y. Kao, M. J. McPhaden, J. Willis, and M. M. Gierach (2014): The influence of salinity on tropical Atlantic instability waves. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 8375–8394. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010100
Lefèvre, N., D. F. Urbano, F. Gallois, and D. Diverrès (2014): Impact of physical processes on the seasonal distribution of the fugacity of CO2 in the western tropical Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 646–663. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009248
Lübbecke, J. F., N. L. Burls, C. J. C. Reason, and M. J. McPhaden (2014): Variability in the South Atlantic anticyclone and the Atlantic Niño mode. J. Climate, 27, 8135–8150. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00202.1
Parard, G., J. Boutin, Y. Cuypers, P. Bouruet-Aubertot, and G. Caniaux (2014): On the physical and biogeochemical processes driving the high frequency variability of CO2 fugacity at 6°S, 10°W: Potential role of the internal waves. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 8357–8374. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC009965
Peng, G., J.-R. Bidlot, H. P. Freitag, and C. J. Schreck III (2014): Directional Bias of TAO Daily Buoy Wind Vectors in the Central Equatorial Pacific Ocean from November 2008 to January 2010. Data Science Journal, 13:0, 79–87. https://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.14-019
Perez, R., V. Hormann, R. Lumpkin, P. Brandt, W. E. Johns, F. Hernandez, C. Schmid, and B. Bourlès (2014): Mean meridional currents in the central and eastern equatorial Atlantic. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 2943–2962. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1968-5
Pinker, R. T., A. Bentamy, K. B. Katsaros, Y. Ma, and C. Li (2014): Estimates of net heat fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 410–442. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009386
Rodrigues, R. R., and M. J. McPhaden (2014): Why did the 2011-12 La Niña cause a severe drought in the Brazilian Northeast? Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 1012–1018. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058703
Schlundt, M., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, R. Hummels, T. Fischer, K. Bumke, G. Krahmann, and J. Karstensen (2014): Mixed layer heat and salinity budgets during the onset of the 2011 Atlantic cold tongue. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 119, 7882–7910. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010021
Servain, J., G. Caniaux, Y. K. Kouadio, M. J. McPhaden, and M. Araujo (2014): Recent climatic trends in the tropical Atlantic. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 3071–3089. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2168-7
Tang, W., S. H. Yueh, A. G. Fore, and A. Hayashi (2014): Validation of Aquarius sea surface salinity with in situ measurements from Argo floats and moored buoys. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 6171–6189. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010101
Voldoire, A., M. Claudon, G. Caniaux, H. Giordani, and R. Roehrig (2014): Are atmospheric biases responsible for the tropical Atlantic SST biases in the CNRM-CM5 coupled model? Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 2963–2984. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-2036-x
Wenegrat, J. O., M. J. McPhaden, and R.-C. Lien (2014): Wind stress and near-surface shear in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 1226–1231. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL059149
Wild, M., D. Folini, M. Z. Hakuba, C. Schär, S. Seneviratne, S. Kato, D. Rutan, C. Ammann, E. F. Wood, and G. König-Langlo (2014): The energy balance over land and oceans: an assessment based on direct observations and CMIP5 climate models. Clim. Dyn., 44(11-12), 3393–3429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2430-z
Xu, Z., M. Li, C. M. Patricola, and P. Chang (2014): Oceanic origin of southeast tropical Atlantic biases. Clim. Dyn., 43(11), 2915–2930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1901-y

2013

Abraham, J. P., et al. (2013): A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change. Rev. Geophys., 51, 450–483. https://doi.org/10.1002/rog.20022
Da-Allada, C. Y., G. Alory, Y. du Penhoat, E. Kestenare, F. Durand, and N. Hounkonnou (2013): Seasonal mixed-layer salinity balance in the tropical Atlantic Ocean: Mean state and seasonal cycle. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 332–345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008357
Chakraborty, A., and R. Kumar (2013): Generation and validation of analysed wind vectors over the global ocean. Remote Sensing Lett., 4(2), 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2012.701344
Coles, V. J., M. T. Brooks, J. Hopkins, M. R. Stukel, P. L. Yager, and R. R. Hood (2013): The pathways and properties of the Amazon River plume in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 6894–6913. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC008981
Ferreira, B. P., M. B. S. F. Costa, M. S. Coxey, A. L. Gaspar, D. R. A. Veleda, and M. Araujo (2013): The effects of sea surface temperature anomalies on oceanic coral reef systems in the southwestern tropical Atlantic. Coral Reefs, 32(2), 441–454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0992-y
Foltz, G. R., C. Schmid, and R. Lumpkin (2013): Seasonal cycle of the mixed layer heat budget in the northeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 26, 8169–1811. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00037.1
Foltz, G. R., A. T. Evan, H. P. Freitag, S. Brown, and M. J. McPhaden (2013): Dust accumulation biases in PIRATA shortwave radiation records. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 30, 1414–1432. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00169.1
Giordani, H., G. Caniaux, and A. Voldoire (2013): Intraseasonal mixed layer heat budget in the Equatorial Atlantic during the cold tongue development in 2006. J. Geophys. Res., 118(2), 650–671. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008280
Goes, M., G. Goni, and K. Keller (2013): Reducing Biases in XBT Measurements by Including Discrete Information from Pressure Switches. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 30, 810–824. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00126.1
Hormann, V., R. Lumpkin, and R. C. Perez (2013): A generalized method for estimating the structure of the equatorial Atlantic cold tongue: application to drifter observations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Techn., 30, 1884–1895. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00173.1
Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Huang, and J. Zhu (2013): Leading Modes of the Upper-Ocean Temperature Interannual Variability along the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean in NCEP GODAS. J. Climate, 26, 4649–4663. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00629.1
Hummels, R., M. Dengler, and B. Bourlès (2013): Seasonal and regional variability of upper ocean diapycnal heat flux in the Atlantic Cold Tongue. Prog. Oceanogr., 111, 52–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2012.11.001
Ivar do Sul, J. A., M. F. Costa, M. Barletta, and F. J. A. Cysneiros (2013): Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 75, 305–309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.040
Jouanno, J., F. Marin, Y. Du Penhoat, and J. M. Molines (2013): Intraseasonal modulation of the surface cooling in the Gulf of Guinea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43(2). https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-053.1
Kato, S., N. G. Loeb, F. G. Rose, D. R. Doelling, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Caldwell, L. Yu, and R. A. Weller (2013): Surface Irradiances Consistent with CERES-Derived Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave and Longwave Irradiances. J. Climate, 26, 2719–2740. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00436.1
Lefèvre, N., G. Caniaux, and S. Janicot (2013): Increased CO2 outgassing in January–March 2010 in the tropical Atlantic following the 2009 Pacific El Niño. J. Geophys. Res., 118(4), 1645–1657. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20107
Lins, I. D., M. Araujo, M. C. Moura, M. A. Silva, and E. L. Droguett (2013): Prediction of Sea Surface Temperature in the Tropical Atlantic by Support Vector Machines. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 61, 187–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2012.12.003
Luebbecke, J., and M. J. McPhaden (2013): A comparative stability analysis of Atlantic and Pacific Niño modes. J. Climate, 26, 5965–5980. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00758.1
Nalli, N. R., et al. (2013): Validation of satellite sounder environmental data records: Application to the Cross-track Infrared Microwave Sounder Suite. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 13,628–13,643. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020436
Peng, G., H.-M. Zhang, H. P. Frank, J.-R. Bidlot, M. Higaki, S. Stevens, and W. R. Hankins (2013): Evaluation of Various Surface Wind Products with OceanSITES Buoy Measurements. Wea. Forecasting, 28, 1281–1303. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-12-00086.1
Prakash, S., C. Mahesh, and R. M. Gairola (2013): Comparison of TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA)-3B43 version 6 and 7 products with rain gauge data from ocean buoys. Remote Sensing Lett., 4(7), 677–685. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2013.783248
Praveen Kumar, B., J. Vialard, M. Lengaigne, V. S. N. Murty, M. J. McPhaden, M. F. Cronin, F. Pinsard, and K. Gopala Reddy (2013): TropFlux wind stresses over the tropical oceans: evaluation and comparison with other products. Clim. Dyn., 40, 2049–2071. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-012-1455-4
Prigent, C., F. Aires, F. Bernardo, J.-C. Orlhac, J.-M. Goutoule, H. Roquet, and C. Donlon (2013): Analysis of the potential and limitations of microwave radiometry for the retrieval of sea surface temperature: Definition of MICROWAT, a new mission concept. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 3074–3086. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20222
Roehrig, R., D. Bouniol, F. Guichard, F. Hourdin, and J.-L. Redelsperger (2013): The Present and Future of the West African Monsoon: A Process-Oriented Assessment of CMIP5 Simulations along the AMMA Transect. J. Climate, 26, 6471–6505. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00505.1
Sun, C., and A. H. Monahan (2013): Statistical Downscaling Prediction of Sea Surface Winds over the Global Ocean. J. Climate, 26, 7938–7956. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00722.1
Wang, K., and R. E. Dickinson (2013): Global atmospheric downward longwave radiation at the surface from ground-based observations, satellite retrievals, and reanalyses. Rev. Geophys., 51, 150–185. https://doi.org/10.1002/rog.20009
While, J., and M. Martin (2013): Development of a variational data assimilation system for the diurnal cycle of sea surface temperature. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 2845–2862. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20215

2012

Balmaseda, M. A., K. Mogensen, and A. T. Weaver (2012): Evaluation of the ECMWF ocean reanalysis system ORAS4. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc, 674, 1132–1161. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2063
Bentamy, A., S. A. Grodsky, J. A. Carton, D. Croizé-Fillon, and B. Chapron (2012): Matching ASCAT and QuikSCAT winds. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C02011. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007479
Boyer, T., S. Levitus, J. Antonov, J. Reagan, C. Schmid, and R. Locarnini (2012): Subsurface Salinity. In State of the Climate in 2011, ed. J. Blunden and D. S. Arndt, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, S1–S282. https://doi.org/10.1175/2012BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
Brandt, P., R. J. Greatbatch, M. Claus, S-H. Didwischus, V. Hormann, A. Funk, J. Hahn, G. Krahmann, J. Fischer, and A. Körtzinger (2012): Ventilation of the equatorial Atlantic by the equatorial deep jets. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C12015. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008118
Cabanes, C., A. Grouazel, K. von Schuckmann, M. Hamon, V. Turpin, C. Coatanoan, S. Guinehut, C. Boone, N. Ferry, G. Reverdin, S. Pouliquen, and P.-Y. Le Traon (2012): The CORA dataset: validation and diagnostics of ocean temperature and salinity in situ measurement. Ocean Sci. Discuss., 9, 1273–1312. https://doi.org/10.5194/osd-9-1273-2012
Castro, S. L., G. A. Wick, and W. J. Emery (2012): Evaluation of the relative performance of sea surface temperature measurements from different types of drifting and moored buoys using satellite-derived reference products. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C02029. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007472
Embury, O., C. J. Merchant, and G. K. Corlett (2012): A reprocessing for climate of sea surface temperature from the along-track scanning radiometers: Initial validation, accounting for skin and diurnal variability effects. Remote Sensing of Environment, 116, 62–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.028
Foltz, G. R., M. J. McPhaden, and R. Lumpkin (2012): A strong Atlantic Meridional Mode event in 2009: the role of mixed layer dynamics. J. Climate, 25, 363–380. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00150.1
Grodsky, S. A., J. A. Carton, S. Nigam, and Y. M. Okumura (2012): Tropical Atlantic Biases in CCSM4. J. Climate, 25, 3684–3701. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00315.1
Hormann, V., R. Lumpkin, and G. Foltz (2012): Interannual North Equatorial Countercurrent Variability and its Relation to Tropical Atlantic Climate Modes. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C04035. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007697
Lefèvre, N., and L. Merlivat (2012): Carbon and oxygen net community production in the eastern tropical Atlantic estimated from a moored buoy. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 26, GB1009. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GB004018
Lellouche, J.-M., O. Le Galloudec, M. Drévillon, C. Régnier, E. Greiner, G. Garric, N. Ferry, C. Desportes, C.-E. Testut, C. Bricaud, R. Bourdallé-Badie, B. Tranchant, M. Benkiran, Y. Drillet, A. Daudin, and C. De Nicola (2012): Evaluation of real time and future global monitoring and forecasting systems at Mercator Océan. Ocean Sci. Discuss., 9, 1123–1185. https://doi.org/10.5194/osd-9-1123-2012
Luebbecke, J., and M. J. McPhaden (2012): On the inconsistent relationship between Atlantic and Pacific Niños. J. Climate, 25, 4294–4303. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00553.1
Ma, Y., and R. T. Pinker (2012): Modeling shortwave radiative fluxes from satellites. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D23202. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018332
Merchant, C. J., O. Embury, N. A. Rayner, D. I. Berry, G. K. Corlett, K. Lean, K. L. Veal, E. C. Kent, D. T. Llewellyn-Jones, J. J. Remedios, and R. Saunders (2012): A 20 year independent record of sea surface temperature for climate from Along-Track Scanning Radiometers. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C12013. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008400
Morrissey, M. L., H. J. Diamond, M. J. McPhaden, H. P. Freitag, and J. S. Greene (2012): An Investigation of the Consistency of TAO–TRITON Buoy-Mounted Capacitance Rain Gauges. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 29, 834–845. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00171.1
Nobre, P., R. A. De Almeida, M. Malagutti, and E. Giarolla (2012): Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Variations over the South Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 25, 6349–6358. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00444.1
Perez, R. C., R. Lumpkin, W. E. Johns, G. R. Foltz, and V. Hormann (2012): Interannual variations of Atlantic tropical instability waves. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C03011. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007584
Praveen Kumar, B., J. Vialard, M. Lengaigne, V. S. N. Murty, and M. J. McPhaden (2012): TropFlux: Air-Sea Fluxes for the Global Tropical Oceans: Description and evaluation. Clim. Dyn., 38, 1521–1543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1115-0
Pilotto, I. L., S. C. Chou, and P. Nobre (2012): Seasonal climate hindcasts with Eta model nested in CPTEC coupled ocean–atmosphere general circulation model. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 110(3), 437–456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-012-0633-y
Scott, R. B., C. N. Barron, M. Drévillon, N. Ferry, N. Jourdain, J.-M. Lellouche, E. J. Metzger, M.-H. Rio, and O. M. Smedstad (2012): Estimates of surface drifter trajectories in the Equatorial Atlantic: a multi-model ensemble approach. Ocean Modelling, 67, 1091–1109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-012-0548-2
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Veleda, D., R. Montagne, and M. Araujo (2012): Cross wavelet bias corrected by normalizing scales. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 29, 1401–1408. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00140.1
Vinogradova, N. T., and R. M. Ponte (2012): Assessing temporal aliasing in satellite-based surface salinity measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Techn., 29, 1391–1400. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00055.1
Xue, Y., M. A. Balmaseda, T. Boyer, N. Ferry, S. Good, I. Ishikawa, A. Kumar, M. Rienecker, A. J. Rosati, and Y. Yin (2012): A Comparative Analysis of Upper Ocean Heat Content Variability from an Ensemble of Operational Ocean Reanalyses. J. Climate, 25, 6905–6925. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00542.1
Yu, L., and X. Jin (2012): Buoy perspective of a high-resolution global ocean vector wind analysis constructed from passive radiometers and active scatterometers (1987–present). J. Geophys. Res., 117, C11013. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008069
Zhu, J., B. Huang, and Z. Wu (2012): The Role of Ocean Dynamics in the Interaction between the Atlantic Meridional and Equatorial Modes. J. Climate, 25, 3583–3598. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00364.1

2011

Arruda, W. Z., and C. A. Domingos Lentini (2011): A remote sensing derived upper ocean heat content dataset for the equatorial Atlantic: comparison with PIRATA project data. Revisita Brasileira de Geofisica, 29(1), 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-261X2011000100003
Brandt, P., G. Caniaux, B. Bourlès, A. Lazar, M. Dengler, A. Funk, V. Hormann, H. Giordani, and F. Marin (2011): Equatorial upper-ocean dynamics and their interaction with the West African Monsoon. Atmospheric Science Letters, 12, 24–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.287
Brandt, P., A. Funk, V. Hormann, M. Dengler, R. Greatbatch, and J. Toole (2011): Interannual atmospheric variability forced by the deep equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Nature, 473, 497–500. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10013
Burls, N. J., C. J. C. Reason, P. Penven, and S. G. Philander (2011): Similarities between the tropical Atlantic seasonal cycle and ENSO: An energetics perspective. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C11010. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007164
Caniaux, G., H. Giordani, J.-L. Redelsperger, F. Guichard, E. Key, and M. Wade (2011): Coupling between the Atlantic Cold Tongue and the West African Monsoon in boreal Spring and Summer. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C04003. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006570
DiNezio, P. N., and G. J. Goni (2011): Direct Evidence of a Changing Fall-Rate Bias in XBTs Manufactured during 1986–2008. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 28, 1569–1578. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00017.1
Giordani, H., and G. Caniaux (2011): Diagnosing vertical motion at the equatorial Atlantic. Ocean Dynamics, 61, 1995–2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0467-7
Jouanno, J., F. Marin, Y. du Penhoat, J. Sheinbaum, and J.-M. Molines (2011): Seasonal heat balance in the upper 100 m of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C09003. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006912
Jouanno, J., F. Marin, Y. Du Penhoat, J.-M. Molines, and J. Sheinbaum (2011): Seasonal modes of surface cooling in the Gulf of Guinea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 1408–1416. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-031.1
Kako, S., A. Isobe, and M. Kubota (2011): High-resolution ASCAT wind vector data set gridded by applying an optimum interpolation method to the global ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23107. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD015484
Levitus, S., J. Antonov, T. Boyer, J. Reagan, and C. Schmid (2011): Subsurface Salinity. In State of the Climate in 2010, ed. J. Blunden, D. S. Arndt, M. O. Baringer, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92(6), S1–S236. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-92.6.S1
Leduc-Leballeur, M., L. Eymard, and G. de Coëtlogon (2011): Observation of the marine atmospheric boundary layer in the Gulf of Guinea during the 2006 boreal spring. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 992–1003. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.808
Nalli, N. R., E. Joseph, V. Morris, C. Barnet, W. Wolf, D. Wolfe, P. J. Minnett, M. Szczodrak, M. Izaguirre, R. Lumpkin, H. Xie, A. Smirnov, and J. Wei (2011): Multi-year observations of the tropical Atlantic atmosphere: Multidisciplinary applications of the NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 765–789. https://doi.org/10.1175/2011BAMS2997.1
Prakash, S., C. Mahesh, and R. M. Gairola (2011): Surface Freshwater Flux Estimation Using TRMM Measurements Over the Tropical Oceans. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 01(04), 225–234. https://doi.org/10.4236/acs.2011.14025
Santorelli, A., R. T. Pinker, A. Bentamy, K. B. Katsaros, W. M. Drennan, A. M. Mestas-Nuñez, and J. A. Carton (2011): Differences between two estimates of air-sea turbulent heat fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C09028. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006927
Skielka, U. T., J. Soares, A. P. Oliveira, and J. Servain (2011): Diagnostic of the diurnal cycle of turbulence of the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean upper boundary layer. Natural Science, 3(6), 444–455. https://doi.org/10.4236/ns.2011.36061
Storto, A., S. Dobricic, S. Masina, and P. Di Pietro (2011): Assimilating Along-Track Altimetric Observations through Local Hydrostatic Adjustment in a Global Ocean Variational Assimilation System. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 738–754. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3350.1
Wade, M., G. Caniaux, and Y. du Penhoat (2011): Variability of the mixed layer heat budget in the eastern equatorial Atlantic during 2005–2007 as inferred using Argo floats. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C08006. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006683
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Yin, Y., O. Alves, and P. R. Oke (2011): An Ensemble Ocean Data Assimilation System for Seasonal Prediction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 786–808. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3419.1

2010

Brandt, P., V. Hormann, A. Körtzinger, M. Visbeck, G. Krahmann, L. Stramma, R. Lumpkin, and C. Schmid (2010): Changes in the ventilation of the oxygen minimum zone of the tropical North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40(8), 1784–1801. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4301.1
Doi, T., T. Tozuka, and T. Yamagata (2010): The Atlantic Meridional Mode and Its Coupled Variability with the Guinea Dome. J. Climate, 23, 455–475. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JCLI3198.1
Foltz, G., and M. J. McPhaden (2010): Abrupt equatorial wave-induced cooling of the Atlantic cold tongue in 2009. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37(24). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl045522
Foltz, G. R., and M. J. McPhaden (2010): Interaction between the Atlantic meridional and Nino modes. Geophys. Res. Lett., L18604. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL044001
Henocq, C., J. Boutin, G. Reverdin, F. Petitcolin, S. Arnault, and P. Lattes (2010): Vertical Variability of Near-Surface Salinity in the Tropics: Consequences for L-Band Radiometer Calibration and Validation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 192–209. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JTECHO670.1
Hersbach, H. (2010): Comparison of C-Band Scatterometer CMOD5.N Equivalent Neutral Winds with ECMWF. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 721–736. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JTECHO698.1
Koffi, U., N. Lefevre, G. Kouadio, and J. Boutin (2010): Surface CO2 parameters and air-sea CO2 flux distribution in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean. J. Mar. Sys., 82, 135–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.04.010
Lebel, T., D. J. Parker, C. Flamant, B. Bourlès, B. Marticorena, E. Mougin, C. Peugeot, A. Diedhiou, J. M. Haywood, J. B. Ngamini, J. Polcher, J.-L. Redelsperger, and C. D. Thorncroft (2010): The AMMA field campaign: multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region. Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc., 136(s1), 8–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.486
Marullo, S., R. Santoleri, V. Banzon, R. H. Evans, and M. Guarracino (2010): A diurnal-cycle resolving sea surface temperature product for the tropical Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C05011. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JC005466
McPhaden, M. J., K. Ando, B. Bourlès, H. P. Freitag, R. Lumpkin, Y. Masumoto, V. S. N. Murty, P. Nobre, M. Ravichandran, J. Vialard, D. Vousden, W. Yu (2010): “The global tropical moored buoy array” in Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306. https://doi.org/10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.61
Parard, G., N. Lefèvre, and J. Boutin (2010): Sea water fugacity of CO2 at the PIRATA mooring at 6°S, 10°W. Tellus B, 62, 636–648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00503.x
Reynolds, R. W., and D. B. Chelton (2010): Comparisons of Daily Sea Surface Temperature Analyses for 2007–08. J. Climate, 23, 3545–3562. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3294.1
Rhein, M., M. Dengler, J. Sültenfuß, R. Hummels, S. Hüttl-Kabus, and B. Bourlès (2010): Upwelling and associated heat flux in the equatorial Atlantic inferred from helium isotope disequilibrium. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C08021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JC005772
Richter, I., S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto, B. Taguchi, N. Komori, and T. Yamagata (2010): On the triggering of Benguela Niños: Remote equatorial versus local influences. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20604. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL044461
Skielka, U. T., J. Soares, and A. P. de Oliveira (2010): Study of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean mixing layer using a one-dimensional turbulence model. Brazilian J. of Oceanogr., 58(3), 57–69.
Soldatov, V. Y., N. Costica, and V. F. Krapivin (2010): Diagnosis of Transition Processes in the Ocean-Atmosphere System. Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, 12(2), 22–29.
Wade, M., G. Caniaux, Y. duPenhoat, M. Dengler, H. Giordani, and R. Hummels (2010): A one-dimensional modeling study of the diurnal cycle in the equatorial Atlantic at the PIRATA buoys during the EGEE-3 campaign. Ocean Dynamics, 61(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-010-0337-8
Xu, F., and A. Ignatov (2010): Evaluation of in situ sea surface temperatures for use in the calibration and validation of satellite retrievals. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 115(C9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006129

2009

Athie, G., F. Marin, A-M. Treguier, B. Bourlès, and C. Guiavarc’h (2009): Sensitivity of near surface Tropical Instability Waves to sub-monthly wind forcing in the tropical Atlantic. Ocean Modelling, 30, 241–255.
Bourras, D., A. Weill, G. Caniaux, L. Eymard, B. Bourlès, S. Letourneur, D. Legain, E. Key, F. Baudin, B. Piguet, O. Traullé, G. Bouhours, B. Sinardet, J. Barié, J.P. Vinson, F. Boutet, and C. Berthod (2009): Turbulent air-sea fluxes in the Gulf of Guinea during the EGEE-AMMA experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C04014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JC004951
Bowman, K. P., C. R. Homeyer, and D. G. Stone (2009): A Comparison of Oceanic Precipitation Estimates in the Tropics and Subtropics. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 48, 1335–1344. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JAMC2149.1
Bunge, L., and A.J. Clarke (2009): Seasonal Propagation of Sea Level along the Equator in the Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1069–1074. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO4003.1
Ding, H., N. S. Keenlyside, and M. Latif (2009): Seasonal cycle in the upper equatorial Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C09016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JC005418
Foltz, G.R., and M.J. McPhaden (2009): Impact of barrier layer thickness on SST in the central tropical North Atlantic. J. Climate, 22(2), 285–299. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2308.1
Galloudec, F. Messal, and L. Parent (2009): The GODAE/Mercator-Ocean global ocean forecasting system: results, applications and prospects. J. Operational Oceanography, 1(1), 51–57.
Grodsky, S.A., A. Bentamy, J.A. Carton, and R.T. Pinker (2009): Intraseasonal Latent Heat Flux Based on Satellite Observations. J. Climate, 22, 4539–4556. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JCLI2901.1
Hormann, V., and P. Brandt (2009): Upper equatorial Atlantic variability during 2002 and 2005 associated with equatorial Kelvin waves. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C03007. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JC005101
Kolodziejczyk, N., B. Bourlès, F. Marin, J. Grelet, and R. Chuchla (2009): The seasonal variability of the Equatorial Undercurrent and the South Equatorial Undercurrent at 10°W as inferred from recent in situ observations. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C06014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JC004976
Large, W. G., and S. G. Yeager (2009): Global climatology of an interannually varying air–sea flux data set. Climate Dynamics, 33(2-3), 341–364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-008-0441-3
Marin, F., G. Caniaux, B. Bourlès, H. Giordani, Y. Gouriou, and E. Key (2009): Why were sea surface temperatures so different in the eastern equatorial Atlantic in June 2005 and 2006? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1416–1431. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO4030.1
Pinker, R. T., H. Wang, and S. A. Grodsky (2009): How good are ocean buoy observations of radiative fluxes? Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10811. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL037840
Portabella, M., and A. Stoffelen (2009): On Scatterometer Ocean Stress. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26, 368–382. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JTECHO578.1
Rouault, M., J. Servain, C.J.R. Reason, B. Bourlès, and N. Fauchereau (2009): Extension of PIRATA in the tropical South-East Atlantic: an initial one-year experiment. African Journal of Marine Science, 31(1), 63–71.
Silva, M., M. Araujo, J. Servain, P. Penven, and C. A. D. Lentini (2009): High-resolution regional ocean dynamics simulation in the southwestern tropical Atlantic. Ocean Modelling, 30, 256–269.
Silva, M., M. Araujo, J. Servain, and P. Penve (2009): Circulation and Heat Budget in a Regional Climatological Simulation of the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic. Tropical Oceanography, Recife, 37(1–2), 41–57.
Wallcraft, A. J., A. B. Kara, C. N. Barron, E. J. Metzger, R. L. Pauley, and M. A. Bourassa (2009): Comparisons of monthly mean 10 m wind speeds from satellites and NWP products over the global ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D16109. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011696
Wang, H., and R. T. Pinker (2009): Shortwave radiative fluxes from MODIS: Model development and implementation. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D2021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010442

2008

Athie, G., and F. Marin (2008): Cross-equatorial structure and temporal modulation of Intra-seasonal variability at the surface of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C8. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004332
Bourlès, B., R. Lumpkin, M. J. McPhaden, F. Hernandez, P. Nobre, E. Campos, L. Yu, S. Planton, A. J. Busalacchi, A. D. Moura, J. Servain, and J. Trotte (2008): The PIRATA Program: History, Accomplishments, and Future Directions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89(8). https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2462.1
Brandt, P., V. Hormann, B. Bourlès, J. Fischer, F. A. Schott, L. Stramma, and M. Dengler (2008): Oxygen tongues and zonal currents in the equatorial Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C04012. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004435
Bunge, L., C. Provost, L. Hua, and A. Kartavstseff (2008): Variability at intermediate depths at the equator in the Atlantic Ocean in 2000–2006: annual cycle, equatorial deep jets and intraseasonal meridional velocity fluctuations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 1794–1806. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO3781.1
Drévillon, M., R. Bourdallé-Badie, C. Derval, Y. Drillet, J.-M. Lellouche, E. Rémy, B. Tranchant, M. Benkiran, E. Greiner, S. Guinehut, N. Verbrugge, G. Garric, C.-E. Testut, M. Laborie, L. Nouel, P. Bahurel, C. Bricaud, L. Crosnier, E. Dombrowsky, E. Durand, N. Ferry, F. Hernandez, O. Le Galloudec, F. Messal, and L. Parent (2008): The GODAE/Mercator-Ocean global ocean forecasting system: results, applications and prospects. J. Oper. Oceanogr., 1(1), 51–57.
Foltz, G.R., and M.J. McPhaden (2008): Seasonal mixed layer salinity balance of the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02013. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004178
Foltz, G.R., and M.J. McPhaden (2008): Impact of Saharan dust on tropical North Atlantic SST. J. Climate, 21, 5048–5060. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2232.1
Han, W., P.J. Webster, J.L. Lin, W.T. Liu, R. Fu, D. Yuan, and A. Hu (2008): Dynamics of Intraseasonal Sea Level and Thermocline Variability in the Equatorial Atlantic during 2002–03. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 945–967. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO3854.1
Kara, A. B., A. J. Wallcraft, and M. A. Bourassa (2008): Air-sea stability effects on the 10 m winds over the global ocean: Evaluations of air-sea flux algorithms. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C04009. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004324
Lefèvre, N., A. Guillot, L. Beaumont, and T. Ganguy (2008): Variability of fCO2 in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic from a moored buoy. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C01015. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004146
Pimenta, F., W. Kempton, and R. Garvine (2008): Combining meteorological stations and satellite data to evaluate the offshore wind power resource of Southeastern Brazil. Renewable Energy, 33(11), 2375–2387.
Polo, I., A. Lazar, B. Rodriguez-Fonseca, and S. Arnault (2008): Oceanic Kelvin Waves and Tropical Atlantic intraseasonal Variability. Part I: Kelvin wave characterization. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07009. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004495
Reverdin, G., F. Marin, B. Bourlès, and P. L’Herminier (2008): XBT temperature errors during French research cruises (1999–2007). J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26(11), 2462–2473. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JTECHO655.1
Sato, O. T., and P. S. Polito (2008): Influence of salinity on the interannual heat storage trends in the Atlantic estimated from altimeters and PIRATA data. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02008. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004151
Sukova, A. I., V. Yu. Soldatova, V. F. Krapivinc, A. P. Cracknell, and C. A. Varotsos (2008): A sequential analysis method for the prediction of tropical hurricanes. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 29(9), 2787–2798. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160801927228
Urbano, D. F., R. A. F. De Almeida, and P. Nobre (2008): Equatorial Undercurrent and North Equatorial Countercurrent at 38°W: A new perspective from direct velocity data. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C04041. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004215
von Schuckmann, K., P. Brandt, and C. Eden (2008): Generation of Tropical Instability Waves in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C08034. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004712

2007

Balmaseda, M.A., D. P. Dee, A. P. Vidard, and D. L. T. Anderson (2007): A multivariate treatment of bias for sequential data assimilation: Application to the Tropical Oceans. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133(622), 167–179.
Baklouti, M., J.-L. Devenon, A. Bourret, J.-M. Froidefond, J.-F. Ternon, and J.-L. Fuda (2007): New insights in the French Guiana continental shelf circulation and its relation to the North Brazil Current retroflection. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C02023. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JC003520
Bunge, L., C. Provost, and A. Kartavtseff (2007): Variability in horizontal current velocities in the central and eastern equatorial Atlantic in 2002. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C02014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JC003704
Clayson, C. A., and D. Weitlich (2007): Variability of tropical diurnal sea surface temperature. J. Climate, 20, 334–352. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3999.1
Etienne, H., and M. Benkiran (2007): Multivariate assimilation in Mercator project: New statistical parameters from forecast error estimation. J. Mar. Sys., 65(1-4), 430–449.
Kara, A. B., and C. N. Barron (2007): Fine-resolution satellite-based daily sea surface temperatures over the global ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C05041. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JC004021
Rouault, M., S. Illig, C. Bartholomae, C.J.C. Reason, and A. Bentamy (2007): Propagation and origin of warm anomalies in the Angola Benguela upwelling system in 2001. J. Mar. Sys., 68, 477–488.
Vidard, A., D. L. T. Anderson, and M. Balmaseda (2007): Impact of ocean observation systems on ocean analysis and seasonal forecasts. Mon. Weather Rev., 135(2), 409–429. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3310.1
Yu, L., and R.A. Weller (2007): Objectively Analyzed air-sea heat Fluxes (OAFlux) for the global ice-free oceans. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88(4), 527–539. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-88-4-527

2006

Andrew, J. A. M., H. Leach, and P. L. Woodworth, 2006: The relationships between tropical Atlantic sea level variability and major climate indices. Ocean Dynamics, 56 (5–6), 452–463, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-006-0068-z.
Arhan, M., A. M. Tréguier, B. Bourlès, and S. Michel, 2006: Diagnosing the annual cycle of the equatorial undercurrent in the Atlantic ocean from a general circulation model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 1502–1522, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO2929.1.
Bunge, L., C. Provost, J. Lilly, M. D’Orgeville, A. Kartavtseff and J. L. Melice, 2006: Structure of the horizontal velocity in the first 1600 m of the water column at the equator in the Atlantic at 10ºW. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 1287–1304, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO2908.1.
Brandt, P., F. A. Schott, C. Provost, A. Kartavtseff, V. Hormann, B. Bourlès, and J. Fischer, 2006: Circulation in the central equatorial Atlantic: Mean and intraseasonal to seasonal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (7), https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025498.
Chang, P., T. Yamagata, P. Schopf, S. K. Behera, J. Carton, W. E. Kessler, G. Meyers, T. Qu, F. Schott, S. Shetye, and S. P. Xie, 2006: Climate fluctuations of Tropical Coupled Systems – The Role of Ocean Dynamics. J. Climate, 19, 5122–5174, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3903.1.
Foltz, G. R., and M. J. McPhaden, 2006: Unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the tropical North Atlantic during 2005. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19703, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027394.
Okumura, Y., and S. P. Xie, 2006: Some Overlooked Features of Tropical Atlantic Climate Leading to a New Niño-Like Phenomenon. J. Climate, 19, 5859–5874, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3928.1.
Peter, A. C., M. Le Henaff, Y. du Penhoat, C. E. Menkes, F. Marin, J. Vialard, G. Caniaux, and A. Lazar, 2006: A model study of the seasonal mixed layer heat budget in the equatorial Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C06014, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JC003157.
Reason, C. J. C., and M. Rouault, 2006: Sea surface temperature variability in the tropical southeast Atlantic Ocean and West African rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L21705, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027145.
Siqueira, L. S. P., and P. Nobre, 2006: Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature and heat flux simulations in a coupled GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L15708, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026528.
Stockdale, T. N., M. A. Balmaseda, and A. P. Vidard, 2006: Tropical Atlantic SST prediction with coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs. J. Climate, 19 (23), 6047–6061, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3947.1.
Yu, L., X. Jin, and R. A. Weller, 2006: Role of net surface heat flux in seasonal variations of sea surface temperature in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 19, 6153–6169, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3970.1.

2005

Belyaev, K. P., and C. A. S. Tanajura, 2005: On the correction of perturbations due to data assimilation in ocean circulation models. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 29 (7), 690–709, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2004.10.001.
Brut, A., A. Butet, P. Durand, G. Caniaux, and S. Planton, 2005: Estimations of turbulent air–sea fluxes and their parameterizations including airflow distortion corrections from the EQUALANT99 dataset. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131, 2497–2538.
Clauzet, G., I. Wainer, and J. Servain, 2005: Time-scales of variability from the high-frequency PIRATA data revealed by wavelet analysis. Braz. J. Meteorol., 20 (1), 43–58.
Delcroix, T., M. J. McPhaden, A. Dessier, and Y. Gouriou, 2005: Time and space scales for sea surface salinity in the tropical oceans. Deep-Sea Res., 52, 787–813.
Durand, B., J. Servain, H. Laurent, and L. A. Machado, 2005: Tropical Atlantic moisture flux, convection over Northeastern Brazil, and pertinence of the PIRATA network. J. Climate, 18 (12), 2093–2101, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3400.1.
Enfield, D., and S. Lee, 2005: The heat balance of the western hemisphere warm pool. J. Climate, 18, 2662–2681, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3427.1.
Foltz, G. R., and M. J. McPhaden, 2005: Mixed layer heat balance on intraseasonal time scales in the northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 18, 4168–4184, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3531.1.
Giarolla, E., P. Nobre, M. Malagutti, and P. Pezzi, 2005: The Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent: PIRATA observations and simulations with GFDL Modular Ocean Model at CPTEC. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L10617, https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL022206.
Grodsky, S., J. Carton, C. Provost, J. Servain, J. Lorenzzetti, and M. J. McPhaden, 2005: Tropical instability waves at 0°N, 23°W in the Atlantic: A case study using Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) mooring data. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C08010, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JC00294.
Jiang, H., H. Wang, and D. Wu, 2005: Evaluation of monthly turbulent heat fluxes from WHOI analysis and NCEP reanalysis in the tropical Atlantic. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 24 (5), 14–26.
Jo, Y.-H., X.-H. Yan, B. Dzwonkowski, and W. T. Liu, 2005: A study of the freshwater discharge from the Amazon River into the tropical Atlantic using multi-sensor data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L02605, https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021840.
Lumpkin, R., and Z. Garraffo, 2005: Evaluating the Decomposition of Tropical Atlantic Drifter Observations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 22 (9), 1403–1415, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1793.1.

2004

Dourado, M., and G. Caniaux, 2004: One-dimensional modelling of the oceanic boundary layer using PIRATA data at 10°S, 10°W. Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, 19 (2), 217–226.
Foltz, G. R., S. A. Grodsky, J. A. Carton, and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: Seasonal salt budget of the northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean along 38°W. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C03052, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JC002111.
Foltz, G. R., and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: The 30–70 day oscillations in the tropical Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15205, https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL020023.
Franca, G. B., and W. S. Carvalho, 2004: Sea surface temperature GOES-8 estimation approach for the Brazilian coast. Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (17), 3439–3450, https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160310001632738.
Gentemann, C. L., F. J. Wentz, C. A. Mears, and D. K. Smith, 2004: In situ validation of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission microwave sea surface temperatures. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C04021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JC002092.
Jochum, M., P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, and A. J. Busalacchi, 2004: Tropical instability waves in the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Modelling, 7, 145–163.
Provost, C., S. Arnault, N. Chouaib, A. Kartavtseff, L. Bunge, and E. Sultan, 2004: TOPEX–Poseidon and JASON equatorial sea surface slope anomaly in the Atlantic in 2002: comparison with wind and current measurements at 23°W. Mar. Geodesy, 27, 31–45.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: In situ observations of diurnal variability in rainfall over the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. J. Climate, 17 (18), 3496–3509, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3496:ISOODV>2.0.CO;2.
Vauclair, F., Y. du Penhoat, and G. Reverdin, 2004: Heat and mass budgets of the warm upper layer of the tropical Atlantic Ocean in 1979–99. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34 (4), 903–919, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0903:HAMBOT>2.0.CO;2.
Yu, L. S., R. A. Weller, and B. M. Sun, 2004: Mean and variability of the WHOI daily latent and sensible heat fluxes at in situ flux measurement sites in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 17 (11), 2096–2118, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2096:MAVOTW>2.0.CO;2.
Yu, L. S., R. A. Weller, and B. M. Sun, 2004: Improving latent and sensible heat flux estimates for the Atlantic Ocean (1988–99) by a synthesis approach. J. Climate, 17 (2), 373–393, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0373:ILASHF>2.0.CO;2.

2003

Foltz, G. R., S. A. Grodsky, J. A. Carton, and M. J. McPhaden, 2003: Seasonal mixed layer heat budget of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C5), https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JC001584.
Garzoli, S. L., and J. Servain, 2003: CLIVAR workshop on tropical Atlantic variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(5), 8001, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016823.
Molinari, R. L., S. Bauer, D. Snowden, G. C. Johnson, B. Bourlès, Y. Gouriou, and H. Mercier, 2003: A comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, eds. G. J. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, Elsevier Oceanography Series, 68, 269–286.
Schott, F. A., M. Dengler, P. Brandt, K. Affler, J. Fischer, B. Bourlès, Y. Gouriou, R. L. Molinari, and M. Rhein, 2003: The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(7), 1349, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016849.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2003: Multiple time- and space-scale comparisons of ATLAS buoy rain gauge measurements with TRMM satellite precipitation measurements. J. Applied Meteor., 42(8), 1045–1059.
Servain, J., G. Clauzet, and I. C. Wainer, 2003: Modes of tropical Atlantic climate variability observed by PIRATA. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(5), 8003, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL01512.
Sun, B., L. Yu, and R. A. Weller, 2003: Comparisons of surface meteorology and turbulent heat fluxes over the Atlantic: NWP model analyses versus moored buoy observations. J. Climate, 16, 679–695, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0679:COSMAT>2.0.CO;2.
Vianna, M. L., and V. V. de Menezes, 2003: A seasonal and interannual study of the western equatorial Atlantic upper thermocline circulation variability. In Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, eds. G. J. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, Elsevier Oceanography Series, 68, 137–173.
Wainer, I., G. Clauzet, J. Servain, and J. Soares, 2003: Time scales of upper ocean temperature variability inferred from the PIRATA data (1997–2000). Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(5), 8004, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL015147.
Weill, A., L. Eymard, G. Caniaux, D. Hauser, S. Planton, H. Dupuis, A. Brut, C. Guerin, P. Cacass, A. Butet, S. Choche, R. Pedreros, P. Durand, D. Bourras, H. Giordani, G. Lachaud, and G. Bouhours, 2003: Toward a better determination of turbulent air–sea fluxes from several experiments. J. Climate, 16(4), 600–618, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0600:TABDOT>2.0.CO;2.

2002

Bourlès, B., M. d’Orgeville, G. Eldin, Y. Gouriou, R. Chuchla, Y. DuPenhoat, and S. Arnault, 2002: On the evolution of the thermocline and subthermocline eastward currents in the Equatorial Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(16), https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL015098.
Bouvet, M., N. Hoepffner, and M. D. Dowell, 2002: Parameterization of a spectral solar irradiance model for the global ocean using multiple satellite sensors. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 3215, https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JC001126.
Ebuchi, N., H. C. Graber, and M. J. Caruso, 2002: Evaluation of wind vectors observed by QuikSCAT/SeaWinds using ocean buoy data. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 19, 2049–2062, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<2049:EOWVOB>2.0.CO;2.
Troccoli, A., and coauthors, 2002: Salinity adjustments in the presence of temperature data assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130(1), 89–102.

2001

Belyaev, K. P., C. A. S. Tanajura, and J. J. O’Brien, 2001: A data assimilation method used with an ocean circulation model and its application to the tropical Atlantic. Applied Mathematical Modeling, 25(8), 655–670.
Bentamy, A., K. B. Katsaros, W. Drennan, and E. B. Forde, 2001: Daily surface wind fields produced by merged satellite data. In Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, E. S. Saltzman, M. Donelan, W. Drennan, and R. Wanninkhof (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 127, 343–349.
Serra, Y. L., P. A’Hearn, H. P. Freitag, and M. J. McPhaden, 2001: ATLAS self-siphoning rain gauge error estimates. J. Atmosph. Ocean. Technol., 18(12), 1989–2002, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1989:ASSRGE>2.0.CO;2.
Vauclair, F., and Y. du Penhoat, 2001: Interannual variability of the upper layer of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from in situ data between 1979 and 1999. Climate Dyn., 17, 527–546, https://doi.org/10.1007/s003820000125.

2000

Segschneider, J., M. Balmaseda, and D. L. T. Anderson, 2000: Anomalous temperature and salinity variations in the tropical Atlantic: possible causes and implications for the use of altimeter data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(15), 2281, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL011310.
Servain, J., I. Wainer, H. L. Ayina, and H. Roquet, 2000: The relationship between the simulated climatic variability modes of the tropical Atlantic. Int. J. Climatol., 20, 939–953.
Wentz, F. J., C. Gentemann, D. Smith, and D. Chelton, 2000: Satellite measurements of sea surface temperature through clouds. Science, 288, 847–850, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.288.5467.847.

1999

Pailler, K., B. Bourlès, and Y. Gouriou, 1999: The barrier layer in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(14), 2069–2072, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL900492.
Servain, J., I. Wainer, J. P. McCreary, and A. Dessier, 1999: Relationship between the equatorial and meridional modes of climatic variability in the tropical Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(4), 485–488, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL900014.

1998

Hackert, E. C., R. N. Miller, and A. T. Busalacchi, 1998: An optimized design for a moored instrument array in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 103(C4), 7491–7509, https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC03206.
Servain, J., A. Busalacchi, M. J. McPhaden, A. D. Moura, G. Reverdin, M. Vianna, and S. Zebiak, 1998: A pilot research moored array in the tropical Atlantic (PIRATA). Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 79, 2019–2031, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2019:APRMAI>2.0.CO;2.

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