DRAKKAR publications


  1. Articles with a co-author of the French Drakkar team
    Barnier et al, 2006: Impact of partial steps and momentum advection schemes in a global ocean circulation model at eddy permitting resolution. Ocean Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0082-1. ( Pdf file )

  2. Koch-Larrouy A., G. Madec, P. Bourruet-Aubertot, T. Gerkema, L. Bessières, R. Molcard, 2007: On the transformation of Pacific Water into Indonesian throughflow Water by internal tidal mixing. Geophys. Res. Lets, Volume: 34, 4 L04604. (pdf file)

  3. T. Penduff, J. Le Sommer, B. Barnier, A.-M. Treguier, J.-M. Molines,  and G. Madec, 2007: Influence of numerical schemes on current-topography interactions in  1/4° global ocean simulations. Ocean Science,3, 509-524, 2007
    , http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/509/2007/os-3-509-2007.pdf

  4. A. M. Treguier, M. England, S. R. Rintoul, G. Madec, J. Le Sommer, and J.-M. Molines, 2007: Southern Ocean overturning across streamlines in an eddying simulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Ocean Sci., 3, 653-698, 2007,

    http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/491/2007/os-3-491-2007.pdf

  5. Gulev, S.K., B. Barnier, J.M. Molines, T. Penduff, and J. Chanut, 2007 : « Impact of spatial resolution on simulated surface water mass transformations in the Atlantic ».  Ocean Modelling, 19, 138–160. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.07.004. PDF

  6. Hughes, C.W., Stepanov, V.N., Fu, L.-L., Barnier, B., Hargreaves, G.W. Three forms of variability in Argentine Basin ocean bottom pressure (2007) Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans, 112 (1), art. no. C01011,

  7. Froyland, G., K. Padberg, M. England and A.M. Treguier, 2007: Detection of Coherent Oceanic Structures via Transfer Operators, Physical Review Letters, 98, 22,DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.224503.

  8. Bessières L., G. Madec, F. Lyard, 2008 : Global Tidal Residual Mean Circulation: Does it affect a Climate OGCM? Geophys. Res. Let. 35, L03609, doi:10.1029/2007GL032644.

  9. Biastoch, A., C.W. Böning, J. Getzlaff, J.M. Molines, and G. Madec, 2008: Causes of Interannual–Decadal Variability in the Meridional Overturning Circulation of the Midlatitude North Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 21, 6599–6615, doi :10.1175/2008JCLI2404.1.

  10. Cailleau S., V. Fedorenko, B. Barnier, E. Blayo, and L. Debreu, 2008: Comparison of different numerical methods used to handle the open boundary of a regional ocean circulation model of the Bay of Biscay. Ocean Modelling, 25, 1-16.

  11. Chanut J., B. Barnier, W. Large, L. Debreu, T. Penduff, J.-M. Molines, and P. Mathiot, 2008 : Mesoscale eddies in the Labrador Sea and their contribution to convection and re-stratification. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38, 1617-1643.

  12. Guiavarc'h C., A. M. Treguier, A. Vangriesheim (2008), Remotely forced biweekly deep oscillations on the continental slope of the Gulf of Guinea, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06002, doi:10.1029/2007JC004471.

  13. Jouanno J., J Sheinbaum, B. Barnier, J. M. Molines, L. Debreu, and F. Lemarié, 2008: The mesoscale variability in the Caribbean Sea. Part I: simulations with an embedded model and characteristics, Ocean Modelling, 23, 82-101.

  14. Koch-Larrouy, A., Madec, G., Iudicone, D., Atmadipoera, A., Molcard, R.: Physical processes contributing to the water mass transformation of the Indonesian throughflow (2008) Ocean Dynamics, 58 (3-4), pp. 275-288.

  15. Koch-Larrouy, A., Madec, G., Blanke, B., Molcard, R.: Water mass transformation along the Indonesian throughflow in an OGCM (2008) Ocean Dynamics, 58 (3-4), pp. 289-309.

  16. Lucas, M.A., N. Ayoub, T. Penduff, B. Barnier, and P. de Mey, 2007. « Stochastic study of the temperature response of the upper ocean to uncertainties in the atmospheric forcing in an Atlantic OGCM ». Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.07.006.pdf

  17. Lecointre, A., T. Penduff, P. Cipollini, R. Tailleux, and B. Barnier, 2008 Depth dependence of westward-propagating North Atlantic features diagnosed from altimetry and a numerical 1/6°. Ocean Science, 4, 99-113.

  18. Tsimplis M., M. Marcos, S. Somot, and B. Barnier, 2008: Sea level forcing in the Mediterranean Sea between 1960-2000. Global and Planetary Change, 63 (4), pp. 325-332.

  19. Le Sommer, J., T. Penduff, S. Theetten, G. Madec, and B. Barnier, 2009: « How momentum advection schemes influence current-topography interactions at eddy-permitting resolution ». Ocean Modelling,  29(1), pp. 1-14.

  20. Girard, L., J. Weiss, J. M. Molines, B. Barnier, and S. Bouillon; 2009: Evaluation of high-resolution sea ice models on the basis of statistical and scaling properties of Arctic sea ice drift and deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C08015, doi:10.1029/2008JC005182.

  21. Griffies, S.M., Biastoch, A., C. Böning, C., Bryan, F., Danabasoglu, G., Chassignet, E.P., England, M.H., Gerdes, R., Haak, H., Hallberg, R.W., Hazeleger, W., Jungclaus, J., Large, W.G., Madec, G., Pirani, A., Samuels, B.L., Scheinert, M., Gupta, A.S., Severijns, C.A., Simmons, H.L., Treguier, A.M., Winton, M., Yeager, S., Yin, J.: Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs) (2009) Ocean Modelling, 26 (1-2), pp. 1-46. 1.

  22. Jouanno J., J Sheinbaum, B. Barnier, J. M. Molines, 2009: The mesoscale variability in the Caribbean Sea. Part II: energy sources. Ocean Modelling, 26 (3-4), pp. 226-239.

  23. Langlais C., B. Barnier, J.M. Molines, P. Fraunié, D. Jacob, and  S. Kotlarski, 2009: Evaluation of a dynamically downscaled atmospheric reanalysis in the prospect of forcing long term simulations of the ocean circulation in the Gulf of Lions. Ocean Modelling, in press.

  24. Lique, C., Treguier, A.M., Scheinert, M., Penduff, T., 2009: A model-based study of ice and freshwater transport variabilities along both sides of Greenland. Climate Dynamics, 33 (5), 685-705, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0510-7.

  25. Lombard, A., G. Garric, and T. Penduff, 2009 : «Regional patterns of observed sea level change: Insights from a 1/4° global ocean/sea-ice hindcast  ». Ocean Dynamics, 59, 3, 433-449.

  26. Michel, S., A.M. Treguier and F. Vandermeirsch, 2009: Temperature variability in the Bay of Biscay during the past 40 years, from an in situ analysis and a 3D global simulation. Continental Shelf Research, 29 (8) 1070-1087, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.019.

  27. Park, W., N. Keenlyside, M. Latif, A. Ströh, R. Redler, E. Roeckner, G. Madec, 2009 : Tropical Pacific Climate and its Response to Global Warming in the Kiel Climate Model. J. Climate, 22, 1, pp. 71–92 DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2261.1

  28. Bonhommeau, S., D. Gascuel, B. Blanke, A.M. Treguier, E rivot, Y Vermard, M. Castonguay and O. Le Pape, 2009: Estimates of the mortality and the duration of the trans-Atlantic migration of European eel Anguilla anguilla leptocephali using a particle tracking model. Journal of Fish Biology (2009) 74, 1891-1914. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02298.x.

  29. Guiavarc'h, C., A.M. Treguier and A. Vangriesheim, 2009: Deep currents in the Gulf of Guinea: along slope propagation of intraseasonal waves. Ocean Science, 5, 141-153.

  30. Athie, G., F. Marin, A.M. Treguier, B. Bourles and C. Guiavarc'h, 2009: Sensitivity of near-surface tropical instability waves to submonthly wind forcing in the tropical Atlantic. Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.06.016

  31. Bonhommeau, S., B. Blanke, A.M. Treguier, E. Rivot, Y. Vermard, O. Le Pape, 2009: Can the European eel larvae cross the Atlantic Ocean in 6 months? Fisheries Oceanography, in press.



Other publications using the results of global DRAKKAR experiments

    (publications without direct participation of the French DRAKKAR team members)

Biastoch, A, C. W. Böning, and J. R. E. Lutjeharms, 2008: Agulhas leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic overturning circulation, Nature, 456, doi:10.1038/nature07426, 489-492. 

Biastoch, A, J. R. E. Lutjeharms, C. W. Böning, and M. Scheinert, 2008: Mesoscale perturbations control inter-ocean exchange south of Africa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20602,  doi:10.1029/2008GL035132

Brown, J.N., and A.V. Fedorov, 2008: Mean energy balance in the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Mar Res., 66, 1-23.

Huck T, A. Colin de Verdiere, P. Estrade, R. Schopp, 2008: Low-frequency variations of the large-scale ocean circulation and heat transport in the North Atlantic from 1955-1998 in situ temperature and salinity data. Geophys. Res. Lets.  35, 23, L23613.

Lachkar Z., J. C. Orr, J.-C. Dutay, and P. Delecluse, 2006: Effects of mesoscale eddies on global ocean distributions of CFC-11, CO2 and 14C. Ocean Sciences, 3, 461-482.

Lübbecke J. F., C. W. Böning, and A. Biastoch, 2008: Variability in the subtropical-tropical cells and its effect on near-surface temperature of the equatorial Pacific: a model study. Ocean Science, 4, 73-88.

Renner, A.H.H., K.J. Heywood, S.E. Thorpe, 2009: Validation of three global ocean models in the Weddell Sea. Ocean Modelling, 30, 1-15.

Sokolov S, Rintoul SR, 2007: On the relationship between fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and surface chlorophyll concentrations in the Southern Ocean. J. Geophys. Res, 112, C7, C07030 .


    Proceedings and Newsletters

The DRAKKAR group, 2007: Eddy-permitting ocean circulation hindcasts of past decades. CLIVAR exchanges 42, (Pdf file)

Penduff T., Juza M. and B. Barnier, 2007: Assessing the realism of ocean simulations against hydrography and altimetry. CLIVAR exchanges 42 ( Pdf file )

Brodeau, L., T. Penduff and B. Barnier, 2006: Sensitivity of Drakkar global simulations to two existing and a hybrid atmospheric forcing functions. Proceedings of the “15 years of progress in radar altimetry” symposium, Venice, 2006 (pdf file)

Penduff et al, 2006: Synergy between ocean observations and numerical simulations: CLIPPER heritage and DRAKKAR perspectives. Proceedings of the “15 years of progress in radar altimetry” symposium, Venice, 2006 ( pdf file )http://earth.esa.int/workshops/venice06/participants/299/paper_299_penduff.pdf.

Barnier, B., L. Brodeau and T. Penduff, 2006: Ocean surface forcing and surface fields. Mercator quaterly newsletter, 22, july 2006. ( Pdf file)

French DRAKKAR team, 2006: DRAKKAR, high resolution modelling of ocean variability over the last 50 years. Lettre PIGB-PMRC France, N° 19, Changement global. ( pdf file )

Brodeau, L., B. Barnier, A.M. Treguier, and T. Penduff, 2006: « Comparing sea surface atmospheric variables from ERA40 and CORE with a focus on global net heat flux. » Newsletter of the WCRP Working Group on Surface Fluxes, 3, 6-8.

Barnier B., and S. Gulev, 2007: Air-sea fluxes for the forcing of OGCMs. Flux News WCRP International Newsletter, Issue 3, 1.

Brodeau L., Barnier B., Treguier A.M. and Penduff T., 2007: Comparing sea surface atmospheric variables from ERA40 and CORE with a focus on global net heat flux, Flux News WCRP International Newsletter, Issue 3, 6-8.

Le Sommer J., B Barnier, L. Brodeau, A. Duchez, M. Juza, G. Madec, P. Mathiot, J.M Molines, T. Penduff and A.M. Treguier, 2007: Southern Ocean processes and climate variability in the DRAKKAR hierarchy of ocean/sea-ice models. Mercator Ocean Quarterly newsletter, 27, 20-28.

Mathiot P., Jourdain N., Barnier B., Gallée H., 2008: Sensitivity of a model of the Ross Ice shelf Polynya to different atmospheric forcing sets. Mercator Ocean Quaterly Newsletter, No 28, 22-30.

Molines J.-M., B., Barnier, T. Penduff,  A.-M. Treguier, R. Dussin, G. Madec et N. Audiffren, 2009 : La simulation des changements à long terme dans l'océan : Un défi permanent pour le calcul scientifique. La Gazette du CINES, Numéro Spécial, Janvier 2009, 22-32.

Brankart J.-M., B. Barnier, D. Béal, P. Brasseur, L. Brodeau, G. Broquet, F. Castruccio, E. Cosme, C. Lauvernet, P. Mathiot, M. Meinvielle, J.-M. Molines, Y. Ourmières, T. Penduff, S. Skachko, C. Skandrani, C. Ubelmann and J. Verron, 2009: Is there a simple way of controlling the Forcing Function of the Ocean? Mercator Ocean Quarterly Newsletter, No 34, 20-26.

Langlais C., Barnier B., and P. Fraunié, 2009: Towards high resolution coastal and shelf circulation modeling: impact of the atmospheric forcing resolution in the Gulf of Lions. Mercator Ocean Quarterly Newsletter, No 32, 5-13.