Using multiple passive tracers to identify the importance of the North Brazil undercurrent for Atlantic cold tongue variability

The use of multiple passive tracers in a dynamical ocean model is presented as a method to study water mass origins. The multiple passive tracer method is successfully applied to determine the origin regions of the Atlantic cold tongue (ACT), using 31 passive tracers. At the time of the ACT minimum...

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Published in:Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 2015-10, Vol.141 (692), p.2505-2517
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Atlantic cold tongue
Atlantic interannual variability
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North Brazil undercurrent
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West African monsoon predictability
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