Marion Kersalé (Ph.D)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Research interests
- The Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), in particular the western and eastern boundaries components of the global MOC cell in the South Atlantic at 34.5°S and in the subtropical North Atlantic at 26.5°N.
- Meso- and submesoscale physical features, such as their generation process, their dynamics and their influence on cross-shelf exchanges in coastal areas, based on a combined use of in situ measurements and numerical modelling.
Current Work
- Objectives: To advance our understanding of the temporal variability and meridional coherence of the upper and lower component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) limb pathways in the South and North Atlantic, and to thereby achieve a more holistic view of AMOC.
- Strategy: To use in situ observations from moored arrays along 34.5°S in the South Atlantic and along 26.5°N in the North Atlantic collected in collaboration with national and international partners to study the variability of the flows in the upper and lower limb of the AMOC.
Publications
[2019]
Kersalé, M., Perez, R. C., Speich, S., Meinen, C. S., Lamont, T., Le Hénaff, M., van den Berg, M., Majumder, S., Ansorge, I. J., Dong, S., Schmid, C., Terre, T., Garzoli, S. L. (2019): Shallow and Deep Eastern Boundary Currents in the South Atlantic at 34.5°S: Mean structure and variability. J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2018JC014554.
[2018]
Kersalé, M., Lamont, T., Speich, S., Terre, T., Laxenaire, R., Roberts, M. J., van den Berg, M., Ansorge, I. J. (2018): Moored observations of mesoscale features in the Cape Basin: Characteristics and local impacts on water mass distributions. Ocean Sci. 14, 923-945, doi:10.5194/os-14-923-2018.
Meinen, C. S., Speich, S., Piola, A. R., Ansorge, I., Campos, E., Kersalé, M., Terre, T., Chidichimo, M.-P., Lamont, T., Sato, O. T., Perez, R. C., Valla, D., van den Berg, M., Hénaff, M., Dong, S. and Garzoli, S. L. (2018): Meridional Overturning Circulation transport variability at 34.5°S during 2009-2017: Baroclinic and barotropic flows and the dueling influence of the boundaries. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45, 4180-4188, doi: 10.1029/2018GL077408.
Illig, S., Cadier, E., Bachelery, M.-L. and Kersalé, M.(2018): Sub-seasonal coastal trapped wave propagations in the southeastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Part I: A new approach to estimate wave amplitude. J. Geophys. Res. 123, 3915-3941, doi:10.1029/2017JC013539.
[2017]
Petrenko, A. A., Doglioli, A. M., Nencioli, F., Kersalé, M., Hu, Z., d'Ovidio, F. (2017): A review of the LATEX project: mesoscale to submesoscale processes in a coastal environment. Ocean Dynam. 67(3-4), 513-533, doi:10.1007/s10236-017-1040-9.
[2016]
Kersalé, M., Marié, L., Le Cann, B., Serpette, A., Lathuilière, C., Le Boyer, A. (2016): Subinertial poleward along-shore currents pulses on the inner shelf of the Bay of Biscay. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 179, 155-171, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.11.018.
Kersalé, M., Petrenko, A. A., Doglioli, A. M., Nencioli, F., Bouffard, J., Blain, S., Diaz, F., Labasque, T., Queguiner, B., Dekeyser, I. (2016): Lateral diffusivity coefficients from the dynamics of a SF6 patch in a coastal environment. J. Mar. Syst. 153, 45-54, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.09.003.
[2013]
Kersalé, M., Petrenko, A. A., Doglioli, A. M., Dekeyser, I., Nencioli, F. (2013): Physical characteristics and dynamics of the coastal Latex09 Eddy derived from in situ data and numerical modeling. J. Geophys. Res. 118, 1-11, doi:10.1029/2012JC008229.
[2011]
Kersalé, M., Doglioli, A. M., Petrenko, A. A. (2011): Sensitivity study of wind forcing in a numerical model of mesoscale eddies in the lee of Hawaii Islands. Ocean Sci. 7, 277-291, doi:10.5194/os-7-277-2011.