Interannual variability of net primary productivity in the northwest African coastal upwelling system and their relation to Dakar Niños
Rodrigue Anicet Imbol Koungue, Arthur Prigent, Joke F Lübbecke, Peter Brandt, Julien Jouanno · 2025
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Rodrigue Anicet Imbol Koungue and four co-authors study year-to-year swings in ocean plant growth off northwest Africa in this 2025 paper. The region's upwelling system is one of the richest fishing zones on Earth. Growth swings there are driven partly by extreme warm and cold coastal events called Dakar Niños and Niñas.
The team combined satellite data, climate records, and ocean models for 2003 to 2023. Growth tracked sea surface temperature closely, above all in the main upwelling season of March to May. They found six previously unlogged extreme low-growth events, nearly all tied to warm Dakar Niño events. Both local winds and waves traveling from the equator shaped the events. Some of that forcing links back to large-scale climate patterns.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rodrigue Anicet Imbol Koungue, Arthur Prigent, Joke F Lübbecke, Peter Brandt, Julien Jouanno |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |