PUBLICATIONS:

Peer-reviewed journals
Reports of Master students
Other publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals


Published or in press

2016

Upwelling features off the coast of north-western Africa in 2009-2013. 2016 Menna, M. ; O. Faye, S. ; Poulain, P.M.; Centurioni, L., Lazar A., Gaye, A.T. ; Sow, B. ; Dagorne, D. Bollettino di Geofísica Teorica ed Applicata, 57 (1), p71-86 pdf

In
tra-seasonal SST variability within tropical Atlantic upwellings. 2016. Diakhaté, M., de Coetlogon, G., Lazar, A., Gaye, A.T. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc.,142: 372–386. doi: 10.1002/qj.2657. pdf

2015

A climatological study of the seasonal variability of surface temperature and circulation in the Atlantic North-Eastern Tropical Upwelling System. 2015. Faye, S., Lazar, A., Sow, B. Gaye, A.T. 2015. Front. Earth Sci. 3, 76.  pdf

Growth and decay of the Atlantic Equatorial Mode: a closed budget analysis of the SST evolution in a coupled GCM. Polo, I., Lazar, A., Rodriguez de Fonseca, B., Mignot, J.; Front. Earth Sci. 3, 37. pdf

On the spatial coherence of rainfall over the Saloum delta (Senegal) from seasonal to decadal time scales. Wade, M., Mignot, J. , Lazar A., Carré M., Gaye A.T.; Front. Earth Sci. 3, 30. pdf

Seasonal salinity budget of the mixed layer and contribution to the density budget in a tropical Atlantic OGCM. 2015. Camara, I., Mignot, J. , Kolodziejczyk, N., Lazar A.; J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120. pdf

Do Sardinella aurita spawning seasons match local retention patterns in senegalese-Mauritanian upwelling region. 2015. Mbaye, B.C.; Echevin,V.; Machu; E., Brochier, T., Lazar, A., Lévy, M.; Fisheries Oceanography , 24(1), 69-89.pdf

2014

SST patterns and dynamics of the Southern Senegal-Gambia upwelling center. 2014. S. Ndoye, X. Capet, P. Estrade, B. Sow, D. Dagorne, A. Lazar, A. Gaye, P. Brehmer. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 8315–8335. pdf

Interannual variability of the mixed layer winter convection and spiciness generation in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic. 2014. Kolodziejczyk, N. ; Reverdin, G. ;  Lazar A. J. of Phys. Oceanogr. 45, 504–525. pdf

Low-frequency thermohaline variability in the Subtropical South Atlantic pycnocline during 2002-2013. 2014Kolodziejczyk,N. ;Reverdin,G. ; Gaillard F.; Lazar A. Geophys. Res. Letter. 41, 6468-6475 pdf

Analysis of strengthening and dissipating Mesoscale Convective Systems propagating off the West African coast. 2014.  Dieng, A. L., L. Eymard, S. M. Sall, A. Lazar, M. Leduc-Leballeur. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 4600–4623.  pdf

2013

Atmospheric response to sea surface temperature in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic at quasi-biweekly timescales. 2013. De Coëtlogon, G., Leduc-Leballeur, M., Meynadier, R., Bastin, S., Diakhaté, M., Eymard, L., Giordani, H., Janicot, S.,  Lazar, A. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 140: 1700–1714.  pdf

A small-scale oceanic eddy off the coast of West Africa studied by multi-sensor satellite and surface drifter data, Alpers, W.; Brandt, P.; Lazar, A.; Dagorne, D.; Sow, B.; Faye, S.; Hansen, M.W.; Rubino, A.; Poulain, P.M.; Brehmer, P.; Remote Sensing of Environment,129,132-143,2013. pdf

2012

Positive Precipitation-Evaporation budget from AD 460 to 1090 in the Saloum Delta (Senegal) indicated by mollusk oxygen isotopes. Azzoug, M.; Carré, M.; Chase, B.M.; Deme, A.; Lazar, A.; Lazareth, C.E.; Schauer, A.J.; Mandeng-Yogo, M.; Simier, M.; Thierno-Gaye, A..Global and Planetary Change,2012 pdf

On the formation of barrier layers and associated vertical temperature inversions: A focus on the northwestern tropical Atlantic. Mignot, J.; Lazar, A.; Lacarra, M. J. of Geophys. Res. Oceans,117,C2,C02010,2012. pdf

2010

Equatorial upper-ocean dynamics and their interaction with the West African monsoon. Brandt, P.; Caniaux, G.; Bourles, B.; Lazar, A.; Dengler, M.; Funk, A.; Hormann, V.; Giordani, H.; Marin, F.;,Atmospheric Science Letters,12,1,24-30,2010. pdf 

Intraseasonal variability of the ocean – atmosphere coupling in the Gulf of Guinea during boreal spring and summer. 2009. G. de Coëtlogon, S. Janicot, and A. Lazar. Quarterly J. of the Royal Met. Soc.,136,S1,426-441,2010. pdf

2009

Deep chlorophyll maximum and upper ocean structure interactions: Case of the Guinea Thermal Dome. Duteil, O.; Lazar, A.; Dandonneau, Y.; Wainer, I.; Menkes, C.; Journal of Marine Research,67,2,239-271,2009, pdf

Generation mechanism of spiciness anomalies: an OGCM analysis in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. A. Laurian, Lazar A., Reverdin G.2009. Journal of Physical Oceanography,39,4,1003-1018,2009. pdf

2008

Oceanic Kelvin Waves and Tropical Atlantic intraseasonal Variability. Part I: Kelvin wave characterization. I. Polo, A. Lazar, B. Rodriguez-Fonseca, S. Arnault. J. Geophys. Res. VOL. 113, C07009, doi:10.1029/2007JC004495. 2008 pdf & auxiliary material

2007

Control of salinity on the mixed layer depth in the world ocean Part II: tropical areas. J. Mignot, C. de Boyer Montegut, A. Lazar, and S. Cravatte. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C10010, doi:10.1029/2006JC003954. 2007. pdfDescription and climatology

Control of salinity on the mixed layer depth in the world ocean Part I: general description. C. de Boyer Montegut, J. Mignot, A. Lazar, and S. Cravatte.  J. Geophys. Res., 112, C06011, doi:10.1029/2006JC003953. 2007 pdf. Description and climatology

A numerical study of the South Atlantic circulation at the last glacial maximum. G. Clauzet, I. Wainer, A. Lazar, E. Brady, and B. Otto-Bliesner. Palaeo3, 253(2007) 509–528, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.018. 2007 pdf

Tropical-extratropical thermocline water mass exchanges in the community climate model v.3 Part I: The Atlantic Ocean. Wainer, I. , A. Lazar, and A. Solomon. Ocean Sci., 2, 137–146, 2006. pdf

2006

Propagation of isopycnal salinity anomalies in the North Atlantic ocean. 2006. A. Laurian, A. Lazar, G. Reverdin, K. Rogders, and P. Terray.  Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 33, L13603, doi:10.1029/2006GL026155. pdf

A model study of the seasonal mixed layer heat  budget in the equatorial Atlantic. 2006. A. C. Peter, M. Le Henaff, Y. du Penhoat, C. E. Menkes, F. Marin, J. Vialard, G. Caniaux, A. Lazar. In press. J. of Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, C06014, doi:10.1029/2005JC003157. pdf

2005

Seasonal forecast of tropical climate with coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs: on the respective role of the atmosphere and the ocean components in the drift of the surface temperature error. 2005. Lazar, A., A. Vintzileos, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, P. Rogel, P. Delecluse. Tellus A, 57 (3), 387-397(11). pdf

Physics and dynamics of density compensated temperature and salinity anomalies. 2005. Tailleux, R.,  A. Lazar, C. Reason.  J. of Phys. Oceanogr. Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 849–864. pdf

2004

Mixed layer depth over the global ocean: an  examination of profile data and a profile-based climatology. 2004. Boyer Montégut, G. Madec, C., A.S. Fischer, A. Lazar, D. Iudicone. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 109, No. C12, C120031. pdf and netcdf climatologies

Development of a European Multi-Model Ensemble System for Seasonal  to Inter-Annual Prediction (DEMETER). 2004. Palmer, T. N., A. Alessandri, U. Andersen, P. Cantelaube, M. Davey, P. Délécluse, M. Déqué,, E. Díez, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, H. Feddersen, R. Graham, S. Gualdi, J.-F. Guérémy, R. Hagedorn, M. Hoshen, N. Keenlyside, M. Latif, A. Lazar, E. Maisonnave, V. Marletto, A. P. Morse, B. Orfila, P. Rogel, J.-M. Terres, and M. C. Thomson. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85 (6), 853–872. pdf

2002

A Lagrangian numerical investigation of the origins and fates of the Salinity Maximum Water in the Atlantic. 2002. Blanke B, M. Arhan, A. Lazar, G. Prevost, J. of Geophys. Res. 107 (C10), 10.1029/2002JC001318. pdf

Seasonality of the ventilation of the tropical Atlantic thermocline. 2002. Lazar, A., T. Inui, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, A. J. Busalacchi, L. Wang, and R. Murtugudde, J. Geophys. Res., 107(C8), 3104, doi: 10.1029/2000JC000667. pdf

Wind stress effect on the subtropical-tropical circulation in the Atlantic. 2002. Inui T., A. Lazar, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli & T. Busalacchi, J. Phys. Oceanogr.  Vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 2257-2276. pdf

2001

A model study of the propagation of temperature anomalies from subtropics to tropics within the Southern Atlantic thermocline. 2001. Lazar A., R. Murtugudde & A.J. Busalacchi, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1271-1274. pdf

1999

The deep interior downwelling, the Veronis effect, and mesoscale tracer transport parameterizations in an OGCM. 1999. Lazar, A., G. Madec et P. Delecluse, J. of Phys. Oceanogr., 2945-2961. pdf

Simulation of Radionuclide Dispersion in the Pacific Ocean from Mururoa Atoll. 2003. Lazar, A. et J. Rancher, 1999: J. of Env. Radioactivity, 31-49. pdf

Reports of master students (recents):

Analyse des interactions air-mer en Atlantique Tropical Nord-Est : impact sur la dynamique du jet d’ouest et sur le cycle de l'eau régional. Kounta, L., R. Meynadier, G. de Coëtlogon, A. Lazar, M. Diakhaté, A.T. Gaye: Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2013 pdf

Estimation des vitesses verticales en Atlantique à l’aide de la géostrophie. Ndoye, S., P. Estrade, and A. Lazar: Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2011. pdf

Variabilité saisonnière de l'activité biologique dans l'upwelling Sénégalo-Mauritanien. Mbaye, B.C., A. Lazar, V. Echevin, E. Machu. Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2010. pdf

Comprendre la variabilité saisonnière de la SST de l'Atlantique tropical: approche par les bilans de chaleur. Camara, I., A. Lazar. Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2010. pdf

Cyclogenèse : Effets des conditions océaniques de surface sur la naissance des dépressions tropicales au large des côtes Sénégalaises. Dieng, A.L., S. M. Sall, A. Lazar. Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2009. pdf

Etude des mécanismes océaniques dans la propagation vers l’ouest des biais de température de surface de l’océan en Atlantique Est. Diankha, O, A. Lazar, J. Mignot. Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2009. pdf

Analyse du cycles saisonnier de la circulation et du bilan de chaleur dans la couche de mélange au large des côtes Sénégalo-Mauritaniennes. Faye, S., A. Lazar, B. Sow. Rapport Master 2 de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Sénégal, 2008. pdf

Other publications:

Tropical Atlantic climate experiment (TACE). P Brandt, M Araujo, Bernard Bourlès, P Chang, M Dengler, WE Johns, A Lazar, CF Lumpkin, MJ McPhaden, P Nobre, L Terray. CLIVAR Exchanges 18, 26-31, 2013. pdf

Les avancées d’AMMA sur les interactions océan-atmosphère.
Caniaux, G., H. Giordani, J.L. Redelsperger, M. Wade, B. Bourlès, D. Bourras, G. de Coëtlogon, Y. du Penhoat, S. Janicot, E. Key, N. Kolodziejczyk, L. Eymard, J. Jouanno, A. Lazar, M. Leduc-Leballeur, N. Lefèvre, F. Marin, H. Nguyen, et G. Parard;La Météorologie, 1,17-24, 2012 pdf

Un océanographe sénégalais primé. Sow B., Lazar A., Sciences au Sud -n°53- 2010. pdf

Ocean dynamics contribution to seasonal mixed layer heat budget in the tropical Atlantic. Servain Jacques, Lazar A. In : Servain Jacques (ed.), Campos J.N.B. (ed.), Martins E.S.P.R (ed.), Reis D.S. (ed.) Clima do Atlantico Tropical e impactos sobre o Nordeste (CATIN) = Climat de l'Atlantique Tropical et impacts sur le Nordeste (CATIN). Fortaleza (BRA) ; Fortaleza : FUNCEME ; IRD, 2010, (1), p. 35-75. (Serie Oceanografia e Meteorologia da Funceme). pdf

Kelvin waves activity in the eastern tropical atlantic. 2006. Lazar, A., I. Polo , S Arnault, G. Mainsant. Proceedings of the Symposium on 15 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry. March 13-18, 2006. Venice, Italy (ESA SP-614, July 2006). pdf

The role of the south atlantic in the variability of the ITCZ. 2003. Kushnir, Y., M. Barreiro, P. Chang, J. Chiang, A. Lazar, and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli. A white paper for the Clivar/iai/oopc workshop on the south atlantic climate observing system, Rio de janeiro, brazil. pdf