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2021

Aubone, N., E.D. Palma and A.R. Piola, 2021: The surface salinity maximum of the South Atlantic, Progress in Oceanography, 191, 102499, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102499.

Campos, E. J. D., M. C. van Caspel, W. Zenk, E. G. Morozov, D. I. Frey, A. R. Piola, C. S. Meinen, O. T. Sato, R. C. Perez, and S. Dong, 2021: Warming trend in Antarctic Bottom Water in the Vema Channel in the South Atlantic, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094709, doi: 10.1029/2021GL09470.

Chidichimo, M. P., A. R. Piola, C. S. Meinen, R. C. Perez, E. J. D. Campos, S. Dong, R. Lumpkin, and S. L. Garzoli, 2021: Brazil Current volume transport variability during 2009-2015 from a long-term moored array at 34.5S, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2020JC017146.

Dong, S., G. Goni, R. Domingues, F. Bringas, M. Goes, J. Christophersen, and M. Baringer, 2021: Synergy of in-situ and satellite ocean observations in determining meridional heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 126, e2020JC017073, doi: 10.1029/2020JC017073.

Frey, D.I., A.R. Piola, V.A. Krechik, D.V. Fofanov, E.G. Morozov, K.P. Silvestrova, R.Y. Tarakanov, S.V. Gladyshev, 2021, Direct measurements of the Malvinas Current velocity structure, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 126, e2020JC016727, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016727.

Herrford, J., P. Brandt, T. Kanzow, R. Hummels, M. Araujo, and J. V. Durgadoo, 2021: Seasonal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 11S inferred from bottom pressure measurements, Ocean Science, 17, 265–284, doi: 10.5194/os-17-265-2021.

Kersalé, M., C. S. Meinen, R. C. Perez, A. R. Pola, S. Speich, E. J. D. Campos, S. L. Garzoli, I. Ansorge, D. L. Volkov, M. Le Hénaff, S. Dong, T. Lamont, O. T. Sato, and M. van den Berg, 2021: Multi-year estimates of Daily Heat Transport by the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 34.5S, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 126, e2020JC016947, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016947.

Manta, G., S. Speich, J. Karstensen, R. Hummels, M. Kersalé, R. Laxenaire, A. Piola, M. P. Chidichimo, O. T. Sato, L. Cotrim da Cunha, I. Ansorge, T. Lamont, M. A. van den Berg, U. Schuster, T. Tanhua, R. Kerr, R. Guerrero, E. Campos, and C. S. Meinen, 2021: The South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and mesoscale eddies in the first GO-SHIP Section at 34.5S, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 126(2):e2020JC016962, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016962.

Orúe-Echevarría, D., J.L. Pelegrí, I.J. Alonso-González, V.M. Benítez-Barrios, M. Emelianov, A. García-Olivares, M. Gasser i Rubinat, P. De La Fuente, C. Herrero, J. Isern-Fontanet, M. Masdeu-Navarro, J. Peña-Izquierdo, A.R. Piola, S. Ramírez-Garrido, M. Rosell-Fieschi, J. Salvador, M. Saraceno, D. Valla, I. Vallès-Casanova, M., 2021: A view of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence, March 2015, Deep-Sea Research I, 172, 103533, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103533.

2020

Close, S., T. Penduff, S. Speich, and J.-M. Molines, 2020: A means of estimating the intrinsic and atmospherically-forced contributions to sea surface height variability applied to altimetric observations, Progress in Oceanography, 184, 102314, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102314.

Dong, S., H. Lopez, S.-K. Lee, C. Meinen, G. Goni, and M. Baringer, 2020: What caused the large-scale heat deficit in the South Atlantic Ocean during 2009-2012?, Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (11), e2020GL088206, doi: 10.1029/2020GL088206.

Goes, M., G. J. Goni, S. Dong, T. Boyer, and M. Baringer, 2020: The complementarity value of XBT and Argo observations to monitor ocean boundary currents and meridional heat and volume transports: A case study in the Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0027.1.

Gronholz, A., S. Dong, H. Lopez, S. -K. Lee, G. Goni, and M. Baringer, 2020: Interannual variability of the South Atlantic Ocean heat content in a high-resolution versus low-resolution General Circulation Model, Geophysical Research Letters, 47(23):e2020GL089908, doi: 10.1029/2020GL089908.

Gutierrez-Villanueva, M. O., T. K. Chereskin, and J. Sprintall, 2020: Upper-ocean eddy heat flux across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage from observations: time-mean and seasonal variability, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(9), 2507-2527, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0266.1.

Kersalé, M., C. S. Meinen, R. C. Perez, M. Le Hénaff, D. Valla, T. Lamont O. T. Sato, S. Dong, T. Terre, M. van Caspel, M. P. Chidichimo, M. van den Berg, S. Speich, A. R. Piola, E. J. D. Campos, I. Ansorge, D. L. Volkov, R. Lumpkin, and S. Garzoli, 2020: Highly Variable Upper and Abyssal Overturning Cells in the South Atlantic, Science Advances, 6, eaba7573, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba7573.

Laxenaire, R., S. Speich, A. Stegner, 2020: Heat transport achieved by Agulhas Rings in the South Atlantic estimated by combining satellite altimetry and Argo float vertical profiles, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 125, e2019JC015511, doi: 10.1029/2019JC015511.

McCarthy, G. D., P. J. Brown, C. N. Flagg, G. Goni, L. Houpert, C. W. Hughes, R. Hummels, M. Inall, K. Jochumsen, K. M. H. Larsen, P. Lherminier, C. S. Meinen, B. I. Moat, D. Rayner, M. Rhein, A. Roessler, C. Schmid, and D. A. Smeed, 2020: Sustainable observations of the AMOC: Methodology and Technology, Reviews of Geophysics, 58 (1), 1-34, doi: 10.1029/2019RG000654.

Vallès-Casanova, I., S-K. Lee, G.R. Foltz, and J.L. Pelegrí, 2020: On the spatiotemporal diversity of Atlantic Niño and associated rainfall variability over West Africa and South America, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087108, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087108.

Volkov, D. L., C. S. Meinen, C. Schmid, B. Moat, M. Lankhorst, S. Dong, F. Li, W. Johns, S. Lozier, R. Perez, G. Goni, M. Kersalé, E. Frajka-Williams, M. Baringer, D. Smeed, D. Rayner, A. Sanchez-Franks, U. Send, 2020: Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and associated heat transport, in State of the Climate in 2019, J. Blunden and D.S. Arndt (eds.), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101 (8), S163-S169, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0105.1.

Weijer, W., W. Cheng, O. A. Garuba, A. Hu, and B. T. Nadiga, 2020: CMIP6 models predict significant 21st century decline of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086075, doi: 10.1029/2019GL086075.

Meinen C. S., R. C. Perez, S. Dong, A. R. Piola, and E. J. D. Campos, 2020: Observed ocean bottom temperature variability at four sites in the northwestern Argentine Basin: Evidence of decadal deep/abyssal warming amidst hourly to interannual variability during 2009-2019, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, 1-8, doi: 10.1029/2020GL089093.

Berden, G., M. Charo, O.O. Moller Jr., and A.R. Piola, 2020: Circulation and hydrography in the western South Atlantic shelf and export to the deep adjacent ocean - 30 to 40°S, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 125(10), e2020JC016500, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016500.

Guihou, K., A. R. Piola, E. D. Palma, and M.P. Chidichimo, 2020: Dynamical Connections between Large Marine Ecosystems of Austral South America based on numerical simulations, Ocean Science, 16, 271–290, doi: 10.5194/os-16-271-2020.

2019

Bower, A., S. Lozier, A. Biastoch, K. Drouin, N. Foukal, H. Furey, M. Lankhorst, S. Ruhs, and S. Zou, 2019: Lagrangian views of the pathways of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 5313-5335, doi: 10.1029/2019JC015014.

Cabré, A., J.L. Pelegrí, and I. Vallès-Casanova, 2019: Subtropical-tropical transfer in the South Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 4820–4837. doi: 10.1029/2019JC015160.

Castellanos, P., E. Olmedo, J.L. Pelegrí, A. Turiel, and E. Campos, 2019: Seasonal variability of retroflection structures and transports in the Atlantic Ocean as inferred from satellite-derived salinity maps, Remote Sensing, 11(7), 802, doi: 10.3390/rs11070802.

Cessi, P., 2019: The Global Overturning Circulation, Annual Review of Marine Science, 11, 249-270, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095241.

Frajka-Williams, E., I. J. Ansorge, J. Baehr, H. L. Bryden, M. P. Chidichimo, S. A. Cunningham, G. Danabasoglu, S. Dong, K. A. Donohue, S. Elipot, P. Heimbach, N. P. Holliday, R. Hummels, L. C. Jackson, J. Karstensen, M. Lankhorst, I. A. Le Bras, M. S. Lozier, E. L. McDonagh, C. S. Meinen, H. Mercier, B. I. Moat, R. C. Perez, C. G. Piecuch, M. Rhein, M. A. Srokosz, K. E. Trenberth, S. Bacon, G. Forget, G. Goni, D. Kieke, J. Koelling, T. Lamont, G. D. McCarthy, C. Mertens, U. Send, D. A. Smeed, S. Speich, M. van den Berg, D. Volkov, and C. Wilson, 2019: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed transport and variability, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:260, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00260.

Freeman, N. M., Munro, D. R., Sprintall, J., Mazloff, M. R., Purkey, S. G., Rosso, I., DeRanek, C.A., and Sweeney, C., 2019: The observed seasonal cycle of macronutrients in Drake Passage: Relationship to fronts and utility as a model metric, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 4763– 4783. doi: 10.1029/2019JC015052.

Goni, G. J., J. Sprintall, F. Bringas, L. Cheng, M. Cirano, S. Dong, R. Domingues, M. Goes, H. Lopez, R. Morrow, U. Rivero, T. Rossby, R. Todd, J. Trinanes, N. Zilberman, M. Baringer, T. Boyer, R. Cowley, C. M. Domingues, K. Hutchinson, M. Kramp, M. M. Mata, F. Reseghetti, C. Sun, U. Bhaskhar TSV, and D. Volkov, 2019: More than 50 years of successful continuous temperature section measurements by the Global Expendable Bathythermograph Network, Its Integrability, Societal Benefits, and Future, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 452, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00452.

Hernandez-Guerra, A., L. D. Talley, J. L. Pelegri, P. Velez-Belchi, M. O. Baringer, A. M. Macdonald, and E. L. McDonagh, 2019: The upper, deep, abyssal, and overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean at 30S in 2003 and 2011, Progress in Oceanography, 176, 102136, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102136.

Johnson, H. L., P. Cessi, D. P. Marshall, F. Schloesser, and M. A. Spall, 2019: Recent contributions of theory to our understanding of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 5376-5399, doi: 10.1029/2019JC015330.

Kersalé, M., R. C. Perez, S. Speich, C. S. Meinen, T. Lamont, M. Le Hénaff, M. A. van den Berg, S. Majumder, I. J. Ansorge, S. Dong, C. Schmid, T. Terre, and S. L. Garzoli, 2019: Shallow and deep eastern boundary currents in the South Atlantic at 34.5S: mean structure and variability, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124 (3), 1634-1659, doi: 10.1029/2018JC014554.

Laxenaire, R., S. Speich, and A. Stegner, 2019: Evolution of the thermohaline structure of one Agulhas Ring reconstructed from satellite altimetry and Argo floats, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 8969-9003, doi: 10.1029/2019JC015210.

Lee, S.-K., R. Lumpkin, M. O. Baringer, C. S. Meinen, M. Goes, S. Dong, H. Lopez, and S. G. Yeager, 2019: Global meridional overturning circulation inferred from a data-constrained ocean & sea-ice model, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 1521-1530, doi: 10.1029/2018GL080940.

Orúe‐Echevarría, D., J.L. Pelegrí, F. Machín, A. Hernández‐Guerra, and M. Emelianov, 2019: Inverse modeling the Brazil‐Malvinas Confluence, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124. 527-554, doi: 10.1029/2018JC014733.

Orúe-Echevarría, D., Castellanos, P., Sans, J., Emelianov, M., Vallès-Casanova, I., & Pelegrí, J. L., 2019: Temperature spatiotemporal correlation scales in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence from high-resolution in situ and remote sensing data, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 13234-13243, doi: 10.1029/2019GL084246.

Romera‐Castillo, C., M. Álvarez, J.L. Pelegrí, D.A Hansell, and X.O. Álvarez‐Salgado, 2019: Net additions of recalcitrant dissolved organic carbon in the deep Atlantic Ocean, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33, 1162-1173, doi: 10.1029/2018GB006162.

Ruhs, S., F. U. Schwarzkopf, S. Speich, and A. Biastoch, 2019: Cold vs. warm water route - sources for the upper limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation revisited in a high-resolution ocean model, Ocean Science, 15, 489-512, doi: 10.5194/os-15-489-2019.

Smith, T., and P. Heimbach, 2019: Atmospheric Origins of Variability in the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Climate, 32, 1483-1500, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0311.1.

Weijer, W., W. Cheng, S. S. Drijfhout, A. V. Federov, A. Hu, L. C. Jackson, W. Liu, E. L. McDonagh, J. V. Mecking, and J. Zhang, 2019: Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review and synthesis, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 5336-5375, doi: 10.1029/2019JC015083.

Valla, D., A. R. Piola, C. S. Meinen, and E. Campos, 2019: Abyssal transport variations in the Southwest South Atlantic: first insights from a long-term observation array at 34.5S, Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (12), 6699-6705, doi: 10.1029/2019GL082740.

2018

Biastoch, A., D. Sein, J. V. Durgadoo, and Q. Wang, 2018: Simulating the Agulhas system in global ocean models - nesting vs. multi-resolution unstructured meshes, Ocean Modelling, 121, 117-131, doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.12.002.

Kersalé, M., Lamont, T., Speich, S., Terre, T., Laxenaire, R., Roberts, M.J., van den Berg, M.A., Ansorge, I., 2018: Moored observations of mesoscale features in the Cape Basin: Characteristics and local impacts on water mass distributions, Ocean Science, 14(5),923-945, doi: 10.5194/os-2017-85.

Laxenaire, R., S. Speich, B. Blanke, A. Chaigneau, C. Pegliasco, A. Stegner, 2018: Anticyclonic eddies connecting the western boundaries of Indian and Atlantic oceans, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 123, 7651-7677, doi: 10.1029/2018JC014270.

Meinen, C. S., S. Speich, A. R. Piola, I. Ansorge, E. D. Campos, M. Kersalé, T. Terre, M. P. Chidichimo, T. Lamont, O. T. Sato, R. C. Perez, D. Valla, M. Le Hénaff, S. Dong, and S. L. Garzoli, 2018: Meridional Overturning Circulation transport variability at 34.5S during 2009-2017: Baroclinic and barotropic flows and the dueling influence of the boundaries, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 4180-4188, doi: 10.1029/2018GL077408.

Majumder, S. and Schmid, C., 2018: A study of the variability in the Benguela Current volume transport. Ocean Science, 14(2):273-283, doi: 10.5194/os-14-273-2018.

Schmid, C., and Majumder, S., 2018: Transport variability of the Brazil Current from observations and a model. Ocean Science, 14(3):417-436, doi: 10.5194/os-14-417-2018.

Valla, D., A. R. Piola, C. S. Meinen, and E. J. D. Campos, 2018: Strong mixing and recirculation in the northwestern Argentine Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 123, 4624-4648, doi: 10.1029/2018JC013907.


2017

Casanova-Masjoan, M., J.L. Pelegrí, P. Sangrà, A. Martínez, D. Grisolía-Santos, M.D. Pérez-Hernández, and A. Hernández-Guerra, 2017: Characteristics and evolution of an Agulhas ring. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 7049-7065, doi: 10.1002/2017JC012969.

Herrford, J., P. Brandt, and W. Zenk, 2017: Pathways and property changes of deep and bottom waters in the western tropical Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I, 124, 103-125, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.007.

Kopte, R., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, P.C.M. Tchipalanga, M. Macueria, and M. Ostrowski, 2017: The Angola Current: Flow and hydrographic characteristics as observed at 11S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, 1177-1189, doi:10.1002/2016JC012374.

Lopez, H., G. Goni, and S. Dong, 2017: A reconstructed South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation time series since 1870. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 3309-3318, doi:10.1002/2017GL073227.

Meinen, C. S., S. L. Garzoli, R. C. Perez, E. Campos, A. R. Piola, S. Dong, M.-P. Chidichimo, and O. Sato, 2017: Characteristics and causes of Deep Western Boundary Current variability at 34.5S during 2009-2014. Ocean Science, 13, 175-194, doi:10.5194/os-13-175-2017.

Pérez-Hernández, M.D., A. Hernández-Guerra, I. Comas-Rodríguez, V.M. Benítez-Barrios, E. Fraile-Nuez, J.L. Pelegrí, and A. Naveira-Garabato, 2017: Differences between 1999 and 2010 across the Falkland Plateau: fronts and water masses, Ocean Sciences, 13, 577-587, doi: 10.5194/os-13-577-2017.

Yao, W., J. Shi, and X. Zhao, 2017: Freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Atlantic Ocean in 2005-2014. Ocean Science, 13, 521-530, 2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-521-2017.


2016

Artana C., R. Ferrari, Z. Koenig, M. Saraceno, A. R. Piola and C. Provost,2016: Malvinas Current variability from Argo floats and satellite altimetry. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121, 4854-4872, doi:10.1002/2016JC011889.

Donohue, K. A., K. L., Tracey, D. R. Watts, M. P. Chidichimo, and T. K. Chereskin, 2016: Mean Antarctic Circumpolar Current transport measured in Drake Passage, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 11,760– 11,767, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070319. Research Spotlight: Underwood, E. (2016), Notorious ocean current is far stronger than previously thought, Eos, 97, doi: 10.1029/2016EO064319.

Durgadoo, J. V. D., S. Ruhs, A. Biastoch, and C. W. Boning, 2016: Indian Ocean sources of Agulhas leakage, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, 3481-3499, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012676.

Hernandez-Molina, F.J., M. Soto, A. R. Piola, J. Tomasini, B. Preu, P. Thompson, G. Badalini, A. Creaser, R.A. Violante, E. Morales & M. Paterlini, H. De Santa Ana, 2016: A contourite depositional system along the Uruguayan continental margin: sedimentary, oceanographic and paleoceanographic implications. Marine Geology, 378, 333-349, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.10.008.

Lima, M.O., M. Cirano, M.M. Mata, M. Goes, G. Goni, and M. Baringer, 2016: An assessment of the Brazil Current baroclinic structure and variability near 22S in distinct ocean forecasting and analysis systems. Ocean Dynamics, 66(6), 893-916, doi:10.1007/s10236-016-0959-6.

Lopez, H., S. Dong, S.-K. Lee, and E. Campos, 2016: Remote influence of Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation on the South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(15), 8250-8258, doi:10.1002/2016GL069067.

Lopez, H., S. Dong, S.-K. Lee, and G. Goni, 2016: Decadal modulations of interhemispheric global atmospheric circulations and monsoons by the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal of Climate, 29(5), 1831-1851, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0491.1.

Majumder, S., C. Schmid, and G. Halliwell, 2016: An observations and model-based analysis of meridional transports in the South Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121(8), 5622-5638, doi:10.1002/2016JC011693.

Ruiz Etcheverry, L.A., M. Saraceno, A.R. Piola and P.T. Strub, 2016: Sea level anomaly on the Patagonian continental shelf: Trends, annual patterns and geostrophic flows. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121, 2733-2754, doi:10.1002/2015JC011265.


2015

Biastoch, A., J. V. Durgadoo, A. K. Morrison, E. van Sebille, W. Weijer, S. M. Griffies, 2015: Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation covaries with Agulhas leakage. Nature Communications, 6:10082, doi:10.1038/ncomms10082.

Blanke, B., S. Speich, and E. Rusciano, 2015: Lagrangian water mass tracing from pseudo-Argo, model-derived salinity, tracer and velocity data: An application to Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Modelling, 85, 56-67, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.11.004.

Garzoli, S. L., S. Dong, R. Fine, C. Meinen, R. C. Perez, C. Schmid, E. van Sebille, and Q. Yao, 2015: The fate of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the South Atlantic. Deep Sea Research, 103, 125-136, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.05.008.

Goes, M., M. Baringer, and G. Goni, 2015: The impact of historical biases on the XBT-derived meridional overturning circulation estimates at 34S. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 1848-1855, doi:10.1002/2014GL061802.

Goes, M., G. Goni, and S. Dong, 2015: An optimal XBT-based monitoring system for the South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 34S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 1, 161-181, doi:10.1002/2014JC010202.

Hummels, R., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, J. Fischer, M. Araujo, D. Veleda, and J. V. Durgadoo, 2015: Interannual to decadal changes in the western boundary circulation in the Atlantic at 11S. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 7615-7622, doi:10.1002/2015GL065254.

Liu, W., Z. Liu, J. Cheng, and H. Hu, 2015: On the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last deglaciation. Climate Dynamics, 44, 1257-1275, doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2153-1.

Lopez, H., S. Dong, S.-K. Lee, and G. Goni, 2015: Decadal modulations of interhemispheric global atmospheric circulations and monsoons by the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal of Climate, 29, 1831-1851, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0491.1.

Lubbecke, J. F., J. V. Durgadoo, and A. Biastoch, 2015: Contribution of increased Agulhas leakage to tropical Atlantic warming. Journal of Climate, 28, 9697-9706, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0258.1.

Rodrigues, R. R., E. J. D. Campos, and R. Haarsma, 2015: The impact of ENSO on the South Atlantic subtropical dipole mode. Journal of Climate, 28, 2961-2705, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00483.1.

Ruhs, S., K. Getzlaff, J. V. Durgadoo, A. Biastoch, and C. W. Boning, 2015: On the suitability of North Brazil Current transport estimates for monitoring basin-scale AMOC changes. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 8072-8080, doi:10.1002/2015GL065695.

Sitz, L. E., R. Farneti, and S. M. Griffies, 2015: Simulated South Atlantic transports and their variability during 1958-2007. Ocean Modelling, 91, 70-90. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.05.001.

Strub, P.T., C. James, V. Combes, R.P. Matano, A.R. Piola, E. Palma, M. Saraceno, R. Guerrero, H. Fenco and L. Ruiz Etcheverry, 2015: Altimeter-Derived Seasonal Circulation on the SW Atlantic Shelf: 27-43S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 3391-3418, doi:10.1002/2015JC010769.

Valla, D., and A. R. Piola, 2015: Evidence of upwelling events at the northern Patagonian shelf break. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 7635-7656, doi:10.1002/2015JC011002.


2014

Ansorge, I. J., M. O. Baringer, E. J. D. Campos, S. Dong, R. A. Fine, S. L. Garzoli, C. S. Meinen, R. C. Perez, A. R. Piola, M. J. Roberts, S. Speich, J. Sprintall, T. Terre, M. A. Van de Berg, 2014: Basin-Wide Oceanographic Array Bridges the South Atlantic. EOS, 95, 53-54, doi:10.1002/2014EO060001.

Chidichimo, M. P., K. A. Donohue, R. Watts, and K. L. Tracey, 2014: Baroclinic transport time series of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current measured in Drake Passage, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 1829-1853. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-071.1.

Combes, V., and R. P. Matano, 2014: A two-way nested simulation of the oceanic circulation in the Southwestern Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 731-756, doi:10.1002/2013JC009498.

Combes, V. and R. P. Matano, 2014: Trends in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence region. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi: 10.1002/2014GL062523.

Dong, S., M. O. Baringer, G. J. Goni, C. S. Meinen, and S. L. Garzoli, 2014: Seasonal variations in the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from observations and numerical models. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060428.

Guerrero R.A., A.R. Piola, H. Fenco, R.P. Matano, V. Combes, Yi Chao, C. James, E.D. Palma, M. Saraceno & P.T. Strub, 2014: The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Satellite observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 7794-7810, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010113.

Johnson G. C., K. E. McTaggart, and R. Wanninkhof, 2014: Antarctic Bottom Water temperature changes in the western South Atlantic from 1989 to 2014. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 8567-8577, doi:10.1002/2014JC010367.

Kolodziejczyk, N., G. Reverdin, F. Gaillard, and A. Lazar, 2014: Low-frequency thermohaline variability in the Subtropical South Atlantic pycnocline during 2002-2013, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 6468-6475, doi:10.1002/2014GL061160.

Marson, J. M., Wainer, I., Mata, M. M., and Liu, Z., 2014: The impacts of deglacial meltwater forcing on the South Atlantic Ocean deep circulation since the Last Glacial Maximum, Climate of the Past, 10, 1723-1734, doi:10.5194/cp-10-1723-2014.

Matano, R.P., V. Combes, A.R. Piola, R.A. Guerrero, E.D. Palma, P.T. Strub, C. James, H. Fenco, Yi Chao, & M. Saraceno, 2014: The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Numerical simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 7949-7968, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010116.

Rocha, C. B., I. C. A. da Silveira, B. M. Castro, and J. A. M. Lima, 2014: Vertical structure, energetics, and dynamics of the Brazil Current System at 22S-28S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 52-69, doi:10.1002/2013JC009143.

Sato, O. T., and P. S. Polito, 2014: Observation of South Atlantic subtropical mode waters with Argo profiling float data, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009438.

Schmid, C., 2014: Mean vertical and horizontal structure of the subtropical circulation in the South Atlantic from three-dimensional observed velocity fields. Deep Sea Research I, 91 (9), 50-71, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.015.

Weijer, W., and E. van Sebille, 2014: Impact of Agulhas Leakage on the Atlantic overturning circulation in the CCSM4. Journal of Climate, 27, 101-110, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00714.1.


2013

Beron-Vera, F., Y. Wang, M. Olascoaga, G. Goni, and G. Haller, 2013: Objective detection of oceanic eddies and the Agulhas leakage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 1426-1438, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0171.1.

Biastoch, A., and C. W. Boning, 2013: Anthropogenic impact on Agulhas leakage. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1-6, doi:10.1002/grl.50243.

Garzoli, S. L., M. O. Baringer, S. Dong, R. C. Perez, and Q. Yao, 2013: South Atlantic meridional fluxes. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.09.003, 71, 21-32, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.09.003.

Giarolla, E., and R. P. Matano, 2013: The Low-Frequency Variability of the Southern Ocean Circulation. Journal of Climate, 26, 6081-6091, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00293.1.

Meinen, C. S., S. Speich, R. C. Perez, S. Dong, A. R. Piola, S. L. Garzoli, M. Baringer, S. Gladyshev, and E. Campos, 2013: Temporal variability of the meridional overturning circulation at 34.5S: Preliminary results from two boundary arrays in the South Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 118, 6461-6478, doi:10.1002/2013JC009228.

Piola, A.R., B.C. Franco, E.D. Palma and M. Saraceno, 2013: Multiple jets in the Malvinas Current. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 118, 2107-2117, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20170.

Preu, B., et al., 2013, Morphosedimentary and hydrographic features of the northern Argentine margin: the interplay between erosive, depositional and gravitational processes and its conceptual implications. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 75, 157-174, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.12.013.

Schiermeier, Q, 2013, Oceans under Surveillance, Nature, 167-168, doi:10.1038/497167a.


2012

Azevedo, J.L.L., D. Nof, and M.M. Mata, 2012: Eddy Train Encounters with a Continental Boundary: A South Atlantic Case Study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 1548-1565, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-027.1.

Backeberg, B. C., P. Penvin, and M. Rouault, 2012: Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system. Nature Climate Change, 2, 608-612, doi:10.1038/nclimate1587.

Garzoli, S., P. Abrahamsen, I. Ansorge, A. Biastoch, E. Campos, M. Mata,C. Meinen, J. Pelegri, R. Perez, A. Piola, C. Reason, M. Roberts, S. Speich, J. Sprintall, R. Watts, and all of the SAMOC IV participants, 2012: South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC) - Fourth Workshop. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 58 pp. 2-4 (Unpublished manuscript).

McCarthy, G. D., B. A. King, P. Cipollini, E. L. McDonagh, J. R. Blundell, and A. Biastoch, 2012: On the sub-decadal variability of South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L10605, doi:10.1029/2012GL051270.

Meinen, C. S., A. Piola, R. C. Perez, and S. L. Garzoli, 2012. Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: Preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5S. Ocean Science, 8, 1041-1054, doi:10.5194/os-8-1041-2012.

Rimaud, J., S. Speich, B. Blanke, and N. Grima, 2012: The exchange of Intermediate Water in the South East Atlantic: Water mass transformations diagnosed from the Lagrangian analysis of a regional ocean model. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 117, C08034, doi:10.1029/2012JC008059.

Saraceno, M., and C. Provost, 2012: On eddy polarity distribution in the southwestern Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 69, 62-69, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.07.005.

van Sebille, E., W.E. Johns, and L. M. Beal, 2012: Does the vorticity flux from Agulhas rings control the zonal pathway of NADW across the South Atlantic? Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 117, C05037, doi:10.1029/2011JC007684.


2011

Bryden, H. L., King B. A., McCarthy G. D., 2011.: South Atlantic overturning circulation at 24S. Journal of Marine Research, 69(1), 38-55.

Dong, S., M. Baringer, G. Goni, and S. Garzoli, 2011: Importance of the assimilation of Argo Float Measurements on the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L18603, doi:10.1029/2011GL048982.

Dong, S., S.L. Garzoli, and M.O. Baringer, 2011: The role of inter-ocean exchanges on decadal variations of the northward heat transport in the South Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(8), 1498-1511.

Firing, Y. L., Chereskin, T. K., and M. R. Mazloff, 2011: Vertical structure and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage from direct velocity observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C08015, doi: 10.1029/2011JC006999.

Garzoli, S.L and R. Matano, 2011: The South Atlantic and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Deep Sea Research II, 58(17-18), 1837-1847, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.063.

Goni, G.J., F. Bringas, and P.N. Di Nezio, 2011: Observed Low Frequency Variability of the Brazil Current Front. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C10037, doi:10.1029/2011JC007198.

Lenn, Y.-D., T. K. Chereskin, J. Sprintall and J. McLean, 2011: Near-surface eddy heat and momentum fluxes in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 1385-1407, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-10-05017.1.

Lumpkin, R. and S. L. Garzoli, 2011: Interannual to Decadal Variability in the Southwestern Atlantic's Surface Circulation. Journal Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C01014, doi:10.1029/2010JC006285.

McCarthy, G., E. McDonagh, and B. King, 2011: Decadal variability of thermocline and intermediate waters at 24S in the South Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 157-165.

McClean, J. L., and Coauthors, 2011: A prototype two-decade fully-coupled fine-resolution CCSM simulation. Ocean Modelling, 39 , 10-30.

Perez, R.C., S.L. Garzoli, C.S. Meinen, and R.P. Matano, 2011: Geostrophic Velocity Measurement Techniques for the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Meridional Heat Transport in the South Atlantic. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Techology, 28, 1504-1521.

Souza, J.M.A.C., C. de Boyer Montegut, C. Cabanes and P. Klein, 2011: Estimation of the Agulhas ring impacts on meridional heat fluxes and transport using ARGO floats and satellite data. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, L21602, doi:10.1029/2011GL049359.


2010

Baker-Yeboah, S, DA Byrne and DR Watts, 2010: Observations of mesoscale eddies in the South Atlantic Cape Basin: Baroclinic and deep barotropic eddy variability. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 115, C12069, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006236.

Baker-Yeboah, S., G. R. Flierl, G. G. Sutyrin, and Y. Zhang, 2010: Transformation of an Agulhas Eddy Near the Continental Slope. Ocean Science, 6, 143-159.

Jullion, L., K.J. Heywood, A.C. Naveira Garabato, and D.P. Stevens, 2010: Circulation and water mass modification in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, 845-864.

Rodrigues, R.R., M. Wimbush, D.R. Watts, L.M. Rothstein, and M. Ollitrault, 2010: South Atlantic mass transports obtained from subsurface float and hydrographic data. Journal Of Marine Research, 68(6), 819-850. Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00043/15391/

Rouault, M., B. Pohl and P. Penven, 2010: Coastal Oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 32(2), 237-246.


2009

Baehr, J., A. Stroup, and J. Marotzke, 2009: Testing concepts for continuous monitoring of the meridional overturning circulation in the South Atlantic. Ocean Modelling, 29, 147-153.

Baker-Yeboah, D. R. Watts, D. A. Byrne, 2009: Measurements of sea surface height in the eastern South Atlantic from pressure sensor-equipped inverted echo sounders: baroclinic and barotropic components. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 2593-2608.

Biastoch, A., C. W. Boning, F. U. Schwarzkopf, and J. R. E. Lutjeharms, 2009: Increase in Agulhas leakage due to poleward shift of Southern Hemisphere westerlies. Nature, 462, 495-499, doi:10.1038/nature08519.

Dong, S. S. L. Garzoli, M. O. Baringer, C. S. Meinen, and G. J. Goni, 2009: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its Northward Heat Transport in the South Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L20606, doi:10.1029/2009GL039356.

Rouault, M., P. Penven, and B Pohl, 2009: Warming of the Agulhas Current since the 1980s. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12602, doi:10.1029/2009GL037987.

Schmid, C. and S.L. Garzoli, 2009: Spreading and Variability of the Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Atlantic. Journal of Marine Research, 67(6), 815-843.


2008

Biastoch, A., C.W. Boning, and J.R.E. Lutjeharms, 2008: Agulhas leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic Overturning Circulation, Nature, 456, 489-492.


2007

Baringer, M.O., and S.L. Garzoli, 2007: Meridional heat transport determined with expendable bathythermographs, Part I: Error estimates from model and hydrographic data. Deep Sea Research, Part 1, 54(8), 1390-1401.

Garzoli, S.L., and M.O. Baringer, 2007: Meridional heat transport determined with expendable bathythermographs, Part II: South Atlantic transport. Deep Sea Research, Part I, 54(8), 1402-1420.

Lumpkin, R. and K. Speer, 2007: Global Ocean Meridional Overturning. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 2550-2562.