PUBLICATIONS:
Peer-reviewed journals
Reports of Master students
Other publications
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Published or in press
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
Intra-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
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
2014SST
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. 2014. Kolodziejczyk,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
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
2012Positive
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
2010Equatorial
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
2009Deep 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
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
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.
pdf. Description
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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