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Article Dans Une Revue Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Année : 2005

Biweekly current oscillations on the continental slope of the Gulf of Guinea

Résumé

Current meter measurements have been carried out for 3 years on the continental slope of the Gulf of Guinea, near 7.5ring operatorS off the Angola coast. Currents in a water depth of 1300 m over the continental slope show a remarkable biweekly oscillation, bottom intensified, and with currents oriented nearly parallel to the isobaths. With a peak-to-peak amplitude reaching 20–Click to view the MathML source at 30 m above the bottom, this signal is the most energetic at sub-inertial frequencies. Simultaneous measurements deeper on the continental rise (in a water depth of 4000 m) show a more complex signal dominated by lower frequencies, and with less clear polarization. Simple linear topographic wave theories are compared to the observations. A combination of coastal trapped waves with cross-slope mode 3–5 could be consistent with the observed currents. A three-dimensional 1/6ring operator model suggests the existence of modes trapped to the slope, although with lower amplitude than observed.

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Océanographie

Dates et versions

hal-00267738 , version 1 (28-03-2008)

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Annick Vangriesheim, Anne-Marie Tréguier, Gael Andre. Biweekly current oscillations on the continental slope of the Gulf of Guinea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2005, 52 (11), pp.2168-2183. ⟨10.1016/j.dsr.2005.05.010⟩. ⟨hal-00267738⟩
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