2022
Peer reviewed papers
Awo, F. M., Rouault, M., Ostrowski, M., Tomety, F. S., Da-Allada, C. Y., & Jouanno, J. (2022). Seasonal cycle of sea surface salinity in the Angola upwelling system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2022JC018518. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018518
Fearon, G., S. Herbette, J. Veitch, G. Cambon and M. Vichi (2022): The influence of the land-sea breeze on coastal upwelling systems: locally forced vs internal wave vertical mixing and implications for thermal fronts. Ocean Modelling, 176, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2022.102069
Oliver, B., Veitch, J., & Reason, C. J. C.(2022). Variability in high wave energy events around the southern African coast. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018255.
Pomalegni, Y. W., Da-Allada, C. Y., Sohou, Z., Baloïtcha, E., Alamou, E. A., Longandjo G.N , … & Irvine, P. J. (2022). Response of the Equatorial Atlantic Cold Tongue to Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering. Aerosol Science and Engineering, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41810-021-00127-0
Pfaff, M., M. Hart-Davies, M.E. Smith, J. Veitch (2022): A new model-based coastal retention index (CORE) identifies bays as hotspots of retention, biological production and cumulative anthropogenic pressures. Estuarine, Coastal and Self Science, 273.
Rouault M and S Tomety. The impact of ENSO on the Benguela upwelling, Journal of Physical Oceanography. 52(10), 2573-2587. Doi:10.1175/JPO-D-21-0219.1
Toolsee T and Lamont T. (2022). Long-Term Trends and interannual variability of wind forcing, surface circulation, and temperature around the Sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Remote Sensing, 14:1318.
Russo, C.S., Veitch, J., Carr, M., Fearon, G. & Whittle, C. An intercomparison of global reanalysis products for southern Africa’s major oceanographic features. , 9:837906. doi:10.3389/ fmars.2022.837906
van Niekerk, L.; Lamberth, S.J.; James, N.C.; Taljaard, S.; Adams, J.B.; Theron, A.K.; .Krug, M: The Vulnerability of South African Estuaries to Climate Change: A Review and Synthesis. Diversity 2022, 14, 697. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090697
2021
Peer reviewed papers
Carr, M., Lamont, T. and Krug, M., (2021) Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Product Comparison for the Southern African Marine Region. , (7), p.1244.
Chenillat, F., Illig, S., Jouanno, J., Awo, F. M., Alory, G., Brehmer, P., (2021) How do climate modes shape the chlorophyll‐ a interannual variability in the tropical Atlantic?, GRL, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093769
Hart-Davis, M.G. and Backeberg, B.C., 2021. Towards a particle trajectory modelling approach in support of South African search and rescue operations at sea. Journal of Operational Oceanography, DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2021.1911485.
Imbol Nkwinkwa Njouodo A S, Mathieu Rouault, Noel Keenlyside, Shunya Koseki (2021) Impact of the Agulhas Current on southern Africa precipitation: a modelling study. In press Journal of Climate.
Toolsee, T, Lamont T., Ansorge A. and Rouault M. (2021). Characterising the seasonal cycle of wind forcing, surface circulation and temperature around the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands, African Journal of Marine Science. 43(1), pp.61-76. DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1873858
Lyttle, C., C. Rautenbach, B. Backeberg and A. Jarre (accepted). Analyzing modelled nearshore wave climate variability and change as relevant to the South Coast small-scale handline fishers of South Africa.Progress in Oceanography. Acccepted.
Lyttle, C., C. Rautenbach, B. Backeberg and A. Jarre An analysis of high-resolution modelled wave heights along the South African south coast suggests recent deterioration of sea state, Fisheries Oceanography, 30(6), pp.679-696.
Nhantumbo, B., B. C. Backeberg, J. E. O. Nilsen and C. J. C. Reason (2021). Atmospheric and Climatic Drivers of Tide Gauge Sea Level Variability along the East and South Coast of South Africa. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9, 9, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9090924
Ramanantsoa, J. D., Penven, P., Raj, R.P., Renault, L., Ponsoni, L., Ostrowski,M., A. F. Dilmahamod and M. Rouault (2021). Where and how the East Madagascar Current retroflection originates? Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016203.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016203 pdf
• The East Madagascar Current (EMC) retroflection is assessed. Evidence of EMC early retroflection is
demonstrated for the first time
• Retroflection regimes are associated with EMC strength and mesoscale variability
• Knowledge of the EMC retroflection state helps understand regional ecosystem variability
van der Lubbe, H.J.L., Hall, I.R., Barker, S., Hemming, S.R., Baars, T.F., Starr, A., Just, J., Backeberg, B.C. and Joordens, J.C.A., 2021. Indo-Pacific Walker circulation drove Pleistocene African aridification. Nature, 598 (7882), pp.618-623.
Books
Ocean, Weather and Climate: Science to the Service of Society. Proceedings of the Nansen-Tutu Centre 10th Anniversary Symposium, 10-12 March 2020, Cape Town, South Africa. Editors – M Rouault, JA Johannessen, A Samuelsen and B Backeberg. ISBN: 978-1-77634-359-1, 2021. pdf
2020
Peer reviewed papers
Bachèlery, ML., S. Illig and M. Rouault. Interannual Coastal Trapped Waves in the Angola-Benguela Upwelling System and Benguela Niño and Niña
events. Journal of Marine Systems, 203:103262 (1-16)
Braby L, Backeberg, B, Krug M and Reason CJC. (2020). Quantifying the impact of wind‐current feedback on mesoscale variability in forced simulation
experiments of the Agulhas Current using an eddy‐tracking algorithm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015365. (1-23)
Cedras, R.B., Halo, I. and Gibbons, M.J., 2020. Biogeography of pelagic calanoid copepods in the Western Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II:
Topical Studies in Oceanography, p.104740.
Da-Allada, C. Y., Baloïtcha, E., Alamou, E. A., Awo, F. M., Bonou, F., Pomalegni, Y., & Irvine, P. J. Changes in West African Summer Monsoon recipitation u under Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering. Earth’s Future, e2020EF001595
Fearon, G., Herbette, S., Veitch, J.,Cambon, G., Lucas, A. J., Lemarié, F., and Vichi, M. (2020). Enhanced vertical mixing in coastal upwelling systems
driven by diurnal‐inertial resonance: Numerical experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016208. https://doi.org/10.1029
Flynn, R. F., Granger, J., Veitch, J. A., Siedlecki, S., Burger, J. M., Pillay, K., & Fawcett, S. E. (2020). On-shelf nutrient trapping enhances the fertility of the
southern Benguela upwelling system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015948. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015948
Halo, I., Raj, P. R, (2020). Comparative oceanographic eddy variability during climate change in the Agulhas Current and Somali Coastal Current
Large Marine Ecosystems, Environmental Development, https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100586
Halo, I., Sagero, P., Manyilizu, M. and Shigalla, M (2020). Biophysical modelling of the coastal upwelling variability and circulation along the Tanzanian
and Kenyan coasts. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar Sc, Special Issue, 1, 43-61, ISSN: 0856-860X. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.si2020.1.5.
llig, S., Bachèlery, M.-L. and J. Lübbecke (2020). Why do Benguela Niños lead Atlantic Niños? Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125,
e2019JC016003. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC016003.
Le Gouvello, D. Z. M., M. G. Hart-Davis, B. C. Backeberg, R. Nel (2020). Effects of swimming behavior and oceanography on sea turtle hatchling
dispersal at the intersection of two ocean current systems. Ecological Modelling, 31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109130
Longandjo, G.-N T. and M. Rouault (2020). On the structure of large–scale circulation of the central Africa rainfall system. Journal of Climate. In
press. OI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0176.1 33(1):145-62.
Manyilizu, M., Sagero, P., Halo, I., Mahongo, S. (2020). A Comparative Study of Ocean Surface Interannual Variability in Northern Tanzania and
Northern Kenya Bank, Western Indian Ocean J. Mar Sc, Special Issue, 1, 1-8, ISSN: 0856-860X. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.si2020.1.1.
Nel, R., Dalleau, M., le Gouvello, D., Hart-Davis, M.G., Tucker, T., Rees, A.F., Phillott, A.D. and Whiting, S. 2020. Indian Ocean Loggerheads. SWOT
Report Vol. 15.
Nhantumbo, B., J. E. O. Nilsen, B. C. Backeberg, C. J. C. Reason (2020). The relationship between coastal sea level variability and the Agulhas Current.
Journal of Marine Systems. Journal of Marine Systems, 211, doi:/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103422.
Radenac, M. H., Jouanno, J., Tchamabi, C. C., Awo, M., Bourlès, B., Arnault, S., & Aumont, O. (2020). Physical drivers of the nitrate seasonal variability in
the Atlantic cold tongue. Biogeosciences, 17(2), 529-545.
Raj, R. P., Halo, I., Chatterjee, S., Belonenko, T., Bakhoday‐Paskyabi, M., Bashmachnikov, I., Fedorov, A., Xie, J. (2020). Interaction between mesoscale
eddies and the gyre circulation in the Lofoten Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016102.
Russo, C.S., Lamont T. and Krug, M. (2020). Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Agulhas Retroflection: Observations from a new objective
detection method. Remote Sensing of Environment., 253, 112239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112239.
Taguela TN, Vondou DA, Moufouma-Okia W, Fotso-Nguemo TC, Longandjo, G.-N T, Pokam WM, Tanessong RS, [et al]. (2020). CORDEX multi-RCM
hindcast overCentral Africa: Evaluation with in observational uncertainty. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125: e2019JD031607.
2019
Peer reviewed papers
Bourles, B; Araujo, M; McPhaden, MJ; Brandt, P; Foltz, GR; Lumpkin, R; Giordani, H; Hernandez, F; Lefevre, N; Nobre, P; Campos, E; Saravanan, R; Trotte-
Duha, J; Dengler, M; Hahn, J; Hummels, R; Lubbecke, JF; Rouault, M; Cotrim, L; Sutton, A; Jochum, M; Perez, RC 2019 , PIRATA: A Sustained Observing
System for Tropical Atlantic Climate Research and Forecasting, Earth and Space Science, 6,4,577-616,DOI: 10.1029/2018EA000428 pdf
Cronin MF, Gentemann CL, Edson J, Ueki I, Bourassa M, Brown S, Clayson CA, Fairall CW, Farrar JT, Gille ST, Gulev S, Josey SA, Kato S, Katsumata M, Kent
E, Krug M, Minnett PJ, Parfitt R, Pinker RT, Stackhouse PW Jr, Swart S, Tomita H, Vandemark D, Weller RA, Yoneyama K, Yu L and Zhang D (2019) Air-Sea
Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:430. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00430.
Imbol Koungue, R. A., Rouault, M.,Illig, S., Brandt, P., & Jouanno, J. (2019).Benguela Niños and Benguela Niñas inforced ocean simulation from
1958 to2015.Journal of Geophysical Research:Oceans,124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015013 pdf
Imbol Nkwinkwa N., A.S.; Rouault, M.; Johannessen, J.A. Latent Heat Flux in the Agulhas Current. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 1576. pdf
Illig S and Bachèlery M-L. (2019). Propagation of Subseasonal Equatorially-Forced Coastal Trapped Waves down to the Benguela Upwelling System,
Scientific Reports, 9: Article number: 5306
Pfaff, MC, Logston, RC, Raemaekers, SJPN, Hermes, JC, Blamey, LK, Cawthra, HC, Colenbrander, DR, Crawford, RJM, Day, E, du Plessis, N, Elwen, SH,
Fawcett, SE, Jury, MR, Karenyi, N, Kerwath, SE, Kock, AA, Krug, M, Lamberth, SJ, Omardien, A, Pitcher, GC, Rautenbach, C, Robinson, TB, Rouault,
M, Ryan, PG, Shillington, FA, Sowman, M, Sparks, CC, Turpie, JK, van Niekerk, L, Waldron, HN, Yeld, EM and Kirkman, SP. 2019. A synthesis of three
decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management. Elem Sci Anth, 7: 32.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.367. pdf
Ragoasha, N., Herbette, S., Cambon, G., Roy, C and J. Veitch.: Lagrangian pathways in the southern Benguela upwelling system. Journal
of Marine Systems. 195, pp.50-66
Singh, S.P., J.C. Groeneveld, M. Hart-Davis, B.C. Backeberg, S. Willows Munro (2019). Seascape genetics of the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus in the
Western Indian Ocean: understanding how oceanographic features shape the genetic structure of species with high larval dispersal. Ecology and
Evolution, 8, 23, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4684
Testor P, …… P. Haugan,……..M Krug….. and Doug Wilson (2019), OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS, Review, Front. Mar. Sci.,
6:422.
Todd R E…M Krug…. and Linlin Zhang (2019), Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems, Review, Front. Mar. Sci. – Ocean
Observation, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, p.423.
Tedesco P., Gula, J., Ménesguen, C., Penven, P., & Krug, M. (2019). Generation of submesoscale frontal eddies in the Agulhas Current. Journal of
Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015229.
Testor P, Brad DeYoung, Haugan, Krug M et al (2019). OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS, Review. Front. Mar. Sci., 6:422.
Veitch, J.A., C. Rautenbach, J. Hermes and C. Reason: The Cape Point wave record and the role of large-scale modes of climate variability,
198,,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103185
Vermeulen, E., B. Backeberg, J. Hermes, S. Elipot.2019 Investigating the relationship between volume transport and sea surface height in a
numerical ocean model. Ocean Sciences, 15, 513-526, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-513-2019
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
Krug, M., M. Rouault, P. Willmott (2019), Spatial variability in coastal winds over the Cape Peninsula region from Synthetic Aperture Radar
observations, Proceedings of the 31 SASAS Conference, ISBN: 978-0-6398442-0-6, 8-9 October 2019, Vanderbijlpark, (South Africa), Pg 20-23, Editor
Christien Engelbrecht.
Seymour S.A.M., M. Krug, M. Smith, M. Rouault (2019), Temperature and chlorophyll response to spatial variability in upwelling favourable winds in
False Bay, Proceedings of the 31 SASAS Conference, ISBN: 978-0-6398442-0-6, 8-9 October 2019, Vanderbijlpark, (South Africa), Pg 99-103, Editor
Christien Engelbrecht.
Rouault M, A.S Nkwinkwa Njouado and J. Johannessen. The annual cycle of moisture exchange above the Agulhas Current, Proceedings of the 31
SASAS Conference ISBN: 978-0-6398442-0-6, 8-9 October 2019, Vanderbijlpark, (South Africa), Editor Christien Engelbrecht.
Book chapter.
Halo, i. land-seabed morphology & oceanographic processes in the western indian ocean. Critical ecosystems outlook in the
western indian ocean.
Other publications
2018
Peer reviewed papers
Hart-Davis, M.G., Backeberg, B.C., Halo, I., van Sebille, E. and Johannessen, J.A., 2018 Assessing the accuracy of satellite derived ocean currents
by comparing observed and virtual buoys in the Greater Agulhas Region. Remote Sensing of Environment. 216:735-746.
DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.040
Illig S, Cadier E, Bachèlery ML, Kersalé M. (2018). Subseasonal Coastal Trapped Wave Propagations in the Southeastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans: A New Approach to Estimate Wave Amplitude. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,123(6):3915-3941. DOI:10.1002/2017JC013539
Illig S, Bachèlery ML, Cadier E. (2018). Subseasonal Coastal Trapped Wave Propagations in the Southeastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans: 2. Wave
Characteristics and Connection With Equatorial Variability, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(6):3942-3961. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013540
Koseki, S., Pohl, B., Bhatt, B.C., Keenlyside, N. and Nkwinkwa Njouodo, A.S., 2018. Insights into the summer diurnal cycle over eastern South
Africa. Monthly Weather Review, 146, 4339–4356. DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0184.1.
Krug M, D. Schilperoort, F. Collard, M. W. Hansen and M. Rouault (2018). Signature of the Agulhas Current in ASAR derived wind fields. Remote
Sensing of the Environment, 217:340-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.08.016 pdf
Malan N, Backeberg B, Biastoch A, Durgadoo JV, Samuelsen A, Reason CJC and Hermes J. (2018). Agulhas Current meanders facilitate shelf-slope
exchange on the Eastern Agulhas Bank. Journal Geophysical Research: Ocean, 123(7):4762-4778. DOI: 10.1029/2017JC013602
Nkwinkwa Njouodo, A.S., Koseki, S., Keenlyside, N. and Rouault, M., 2018. Atmospheric signature of the Agulhas Current. Geophysical
Research Letters. 45(10): 5185–5193. DOI:10.1029/2018GL077042
Agulhas Current has an impact on South African rainfall along the eastern coast
The mechanism for low‐level convergence and collocated rainfall show similarities to that for the Gulf Stream
Regional atmospheric model experiments indicate that the Agulhas Current generates convective rainfall along the coast
Pohl B, Dieppois B, Crétat J, Lawler D, Rouault M. 2018, From synoptic to interdecadal variability in southern African rainfall: towards a unified view
across timescales. Journal of Climate, 31, 5845-5872, DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0405.1
Ramanantsoa, J.D., Penven, P., Krug, M., Gula, J. and Rouault, M., 2018. Uncovering a New Current: The Southwest
Madagascar Coastal Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(4), pp.1930-1938.PDF
• The Southwest MAdagascar Coastal Current (SMACC) is a newly discovered surface poleward current
• The SMACC exhibits a seasonal cycle and is driven by thewind stress curl
• The SMACC influences the coastal upwelling region south of Madagascar
Ramanantsoa, J.D., Krug, M., Penven, P., Rouault, M. and Gula, J., 2018. Coastal upwelling south of Madagascar: temporal and spatial variability.
Journal of Marine Systems, 178, pp.29-37. PDF
• Upwelling south of Madagascar has two separated upwelling cells (Core 1, Core 2)
• Cores are subjected by different variabilities, intensities, and forcing mechanisms
• Cores are generated by dual forcing: wind-driven and currents influences.
Rouault, M., Illig, S., Lübbecke, J. and Koungue, R.A.I., 2018. Origin, development and demise of the 2010–2011 Benguela Niño. Journal of Marine
Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.07.007. pdf
• A Benguela Niño developed from November 2010 to April 2011 along Angola and Namibia
• It was generated by a relaxation of the trade winds in the western equatorial Atlantic
• The equatorial origin was detected by altimetry and PIRATA mooring array
• The equatorial dynamical signature is reproduced by an ocean Linear Model forced by wind.
Shalin, S., Samuelsen, A., Korosov, A., Menon, N., Backeberg, B. C., and Pettersson, L. H.: Delineation of marine ecosystem zones in the
northern Arabian Sea during winter, Biogeosciences, 15, 1395-1414, DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-1395-2018
de Vos M, Backeberg B, Counillon F. Using an eddy-tracking algorithm to understand the impact of assimilating altimetry data on the eddy
characteristics of the Agulhas system. Ocean Dynamics. Ocean Dyn., 68(9):1071-1091. DOI: 10.1007/s10236-018-1174-4
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
Bachèlery, M-L., Illig, S., Rouault, M., (2018). How low-frequency Equatorial Kelvin Wave activity and local coastal winds modulate the south-eastern
interannual Atlantic variability? Proceedings of 34th Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Durban, South-Africa, 20
– 21 September 2018, pp n-n, ISBN n
Longandjo, G.-N T. and M. Rouault (2018). Central Africa Low: Identification, seasonal evolution,variability and its influence on regional climate.
Proceedings of 34th Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Durban, South-Africa, 20 – 21 September 2018, pp n-n,
ISBN n
Nkwinkwa Njouodo A. S., S. Koseki, N. Keenlyside and M. Rouault (2018). Impact of the Agulhas Current on coastal South African precipitation,
Proceedings of 34th Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Durban, South-Africa, 20 – 21 September 2018, pp n-n,
ISBN n
Tomety F. S., M. Rouault, S. illig (2018). Coastal variability and change in the Benguela Upwelling System: Decadal trend Analysis,Proceedings of 34th
Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Durban, South-Africa, 20 – 21 September 2018, pp n-n, ISBN n
Hart-Davis, M. G., B. C. Backeberg and M. Bakhoday-Paskyabi An assessment of the importance of combining wind, ocean currents and stochastic
motions in a particle trajectory model for search and rescue applications. Proceedings of 34th Annual conference of the South African Society for
Atmospheric Science, Durban, South-Africa, 20 – 21 September 2018, pp n-n, ISBN n
Other publications
Krug, M., S. Swart, and J. Hermes Ocean gliders ride the research wave in the Agulhas Current Eos, 99, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO100105.
Published on 12 June 2018.
2017
Peer reviewed papers
Vianello, P., I. Ansorge, M. Ostrowski and M. Rouault (2017). Characterisation and dynamics of the ocean environment of the Mascarene Plateau
and its influence on the equatorial current system. African Journal of Marine Science. 39(4):453-466. DOI:10.2989/1814232X.2017.1400999. pdf
Imbol Koungue R.A., Illig S. and M Rouault 2017 Role of interannual Kelvin wave propagations in the equatorial Atlantic on the Angola Benguela
Current system. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 4685–4703, doi:10.1002/2016JC012463. pdf
• Interannual Equatorial Kelvin waves in the tropical Atlantic are linked to major warm and cold events in the Angola Benguela Current system
• Interannual Equatorial Kelvin waves at the origin of warm and cold events are well monitored by PIRATA moorings and altimetry
• An interannual Equatorial Kelvin wave index is a skillful proxy to forecast warm and cold events by about 1 month
Krug, M., Swart, S. and Gula, J., 2017. Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 346– 354,
doi:10.1002/2016GL071006
Holton, L., J. Deshayes, B.C. Backeberg, B.R. Loveday, J.C. Hermes and C.J.C. Reason (2017). Spatio‑temporal characteristics of Agulhas leakage: a model inter-comparison study. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-016-3193-5
Chapter in book
Halo I., Malauene B. and M Ostrowski (2017) Physical oceanography, pp 37-54, in “The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the Western Indian Ocean:
Voyages of marine research and capacity development”. Groeneveld, J.C. & Koranteng, K.A. (Eds). 2017. FAO. Rome, Italy.
2016
Peer reviewed papers
Braby, L., Backeberg, B.C., Ansorge, I., Roberts, M.J., Krug, M. and Reason C.J.C. (2016). Observed eddy dissipation in the Agulhas Current, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 8143–8150, doi:10.1002/2016GL069480.pdf
Dieppois, B., Pohl, B., Rouault, M., New, M., Lawler, D. and Keenlyside, N., 2016. Interannual to Interdecadal variability of winter and summer southern African rainfall, and their teleconnections. pdf
Pivan, X., M. Krug, and S. Herbette (2016). Observations of the vertical and temporal evolution of a Natal Pulse along the Eastern Agulhas Bank, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JC011582
Raj, R.P., Johannessen, J.A., Eldevik, T., Nilsen, J.E. and Halo, I., 2016. Quantifying mesoscale eddies in the Lofoten Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011637
Raj, R.P. and Halo, I., 2016. Monitoring the mesoscale eddies of the Lofoten Basin: i mportance, progress, and challenges. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37(16), pp.3712-3728.
Rouault, M., Verley, P. and Backeberg, B., 2016. Wind changes above warm Agulhas Current eddies. Ocean Science, 12(2), pp.495-506 pdf
Visinelli, L., Masina, S., Vichi, M., Storto, A. and Lovato, T., 2016. Impacts of data assimilation on the global ocean carbonate system. Journal of Marine Systems, 158, pp.106-119.
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
de Vos, M., B. Backeberg and F. Counillon (2016). Towards understanding the impact of assimilating along-track SLA data on simulated eddy characteristics in the Agulhas System, 32nd Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Cape Town 31 October 1 November 2016, 21-24, ISBN 978-0-620-72974-1.
Rapeti, T. and B. Backeberg (2016). Preliminary investigation into the impacts of assimilating SST and SLA on the surface velocities in a HYCOM of the Agulhas Current. 32nd Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Cape Town 31 October 1 November 2016, 112-115, ISBN 978-0-620-72974-1.
Longandjo G T and M Rouault How does well ECHAM simulate central Africa rainfall seasonal cycle 32nd Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Cape Town 31 October 1 November 2016. ISBN 978-0-620-72974-1, pp 116-118.
Rapeti, T. and B. Backeberg (2016). Preliminary investigation into the impacts of assimilating SST and SLA on the surface velocities in a HYCOM of the Agulhas Current. 32nd Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Cape Town 31 October 1 November 2016, 112-115, ISBN 978-0-620-72974-1.
Rouault, M., Verley, P. and Backeberg, B., (2016). Wind changes above warm Agulhas Current eddies. 32nd Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Cape Town 31 October 1 November 2016. ISBN 978-0-620-72974-1, pp 73-76.
2015
Peer reviewed papers
Blamey, L. K., L. J. Shannon, J. J. Bolton, R. J. M. Crawford, F. Dufois, H. EversKing, C. L. Griffiths, L. Hutchings, A. Jarre, M. Rouault, K. Watermeyer, H. Winker (2015) Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes. Journal of Marine Systems.
Dieppois B, M Rouault and M New. (2015) “The impact of ENSO on Southern African rainfall in CMIP5 ocean atmosphere coupled climate models.” Climate Dynamics,45,9, 2425-2442. DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2480-x
Fourie, J.P., I. Ansorge, B. Backeberg, H.C. Cawthra, M.R. MacHutchon and F.W. van Zyl (2015). The influence of wave action on coastal erosion along Monwabisi Beach, Cape Town. South African Journal of Geomatics, 4(2):96-109
Roxy M.K., A Modi, R Murtugudde, V Valsala, S Panickal, S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Ravichandran, M. Vichi and M Lévy (2015) A reduction in marine
primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean, Geophysical Research Letter, DOI:10.1002/2015GL066979
Salvanes, Anne Gro V., Chris Bartholomae, Dawit Yemane, Mark J. Gibbons, Paul Kainge, Jens‐Otto Krakstad, M. Rouault, Arved Staby, and Svein Sundby. “Spatial dynamics of the bearded goby and its key fish predators off Namibia vary with climate and oxygen availability.” Fisheries Oceanography 24, no. S1 (2015): 88-101. DOI: 10.1111/fog.12068.
Raj, R.P., L. Chafik, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, T. Eldevik and I. Halo (2015). The Lofoten Vortex of the Nordic Seas. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.96(0): 1-14. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.10.011.
Tagliabue A, O Aumont, JP. Dunne, S Dutkiewicz, E Galbraith, JK Moore, A Ridgwell, C Stock, M Vichi, C Volker and A Yool (2015) How well do
global ocean biogeochemistry models simulate dissolved iron distributions? Global Biogeochemical Cycle, DOI:10.1002/2015GB005289
Williamson, R.I., Field, J.G., Shillington, F.A., Jarre, A. and Potgieter, A. (2015). Combining shipboard in situ data with satellite data to estimate daily primary production in a coastal upwelling system: A data mining approach. Progress in Oceanography, 138: 58-76 doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2015.09.004
Woodborne, S., Hall, G., Robertson, I., Patrut, A., Rouault, M., & Loader, N. J. (2015). A 1000-Year Carbon Isotope Rainfall Proxy Record from South African Baobab Trees (Adansonia digitata L.). PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0124202.
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
Bastien Dieppois, Benjamin Pohl, Mathieu Rouault, Mark New, Noel Keenlyside, Damian Lawler. Decadal variability of summer Southern African rainfall. Peer review abstracts, pp 72-76, 31st Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Pretoria, 21 22 September 2015, ISBN 978-0-620-67825-4
Daniel Schilperoort, Marjolaine Krug, Mathieu Rouault, Morten Hansen, Alexis Mouche 2015 The Effect of the Agulhas Current on SAR derived wind fields, Peer review abstracts, 31st Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Pretoria, 21-22 September 2015, pp 65-68 ISBN 978-0-620-67825-4
Mathieu Rouault, Joke Lübbecke, Serena Illig, Rodrigue Anicet Imbol Kounge (2015) Origin, development and demise of a Benguela Nino in the tropical Atlantic in 2010 and 2011. Peer review abstracts, pp 72-76, 31st Annual conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, Pretoria, 21 22 September 2015, pp 60-63 ISBN 978-0-620-67825-4.
2014
2013
2012
Peer reviewed papers
Backeberg, B. C., F. Counillon, J. A. Johannessen and M.-I. Pujol (2014). Assimilating along-track SLA data using the EnOI in an eddy resolving model of the Agulhas system. Ocean Dynamics, 64, 1121-1136.
Collins, C., J. C. Hermes, C. J. C. Reason (2014). Mesoscale activity in the Comoros Basin from satellite altimetry and a high-resolution ocean circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JC010008.
Halo, I., B. C. Backeberg, P. Penven, C. J. C. Reason, I. Ansorge, J. Ulgren (2014). Eddy properties in the Mozambique Channel, based on satellite altimetry and two ocean circulation models. Deep Sea Research II, 100, 38-53.
Halo, I., P. Penven, B. Backeberg, I. Ansorge, F. Shillington, R. Roman (2014). Mesoscale eddy variability in the southern extension of the East Madagascar Current: seasonal cycle, energy conversion terms, and eddy mean properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JC009820.
Krug, M., J. Tournadre and F. Dufois (2014). Interactions between the Agulhas Current and the eastern margin of the Agulhas Bank. Continental Shelf Research, 81, 67-79.
Maluene, B. S., F. A. Shillington, M .J. Roberts,. and C.L. Moloney (2014). Cool, elevated chlorophyll-a waters off northern Mozambique, Deep-Sea Research II, 100, 68-78.
Penven, P., I. Halo, S. Pous, and L. Marié (2014). Cyclogeostrophic balance in the Mozambique Channel. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 119(2): 1054-1067 doi:10.1002/2013JC009528.
Pohl B., M. Rouault, S. Roy (2014). Simulation of the annual and diurnal cycles of rainfall over South Africa by a regional climate model. Climate Dynamics. 43, 7-8, 2207-2226, doi 10.1007/s00382-013-2046-8
Pous, S., P. Lazure, G. Andre, F. Dumas, I. Halo, and P. Penven (2014).Circulation around La Reunion and Mauritius islands in the south-western Indian Ocean: A modelling perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 119(3): 1957-1976 doi:10.1002/2013JC009704.
Rouault, M., P. Verley and B. Backeberg (2014). Wind increase above warm Agulhas Current eddies. Ocean Sci. Discuss., 11, 2367-2389.
Ternon, J.-F., M. Roberts, T. Morris, L. Hanke, and B. Backeberg (2014). In situ measured current structures of the eddy field in the Mozambique Channel. Deep Sea Research II, 100, 10-26.
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
Dieppois, B., M. Rouault, and M. New (2014). Simulation of ENSO Southern African rainfall teleconnection in CMIP5 models. Proceedings of 30th Annual Conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom, South Africa. ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1
Rouault, M. (2014). Impact of ENSO on South African Water Management Areas.Proceedings of 30th Annual Conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom, South Africa. ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1
Longandjo, G.N.T and M. Rouault (2014). The annual cycle of Central Africa rainfall and its relationship with the surrounding tropical oceans. Proceedings of 30th Annual Conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom, South Africa. ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1
Chapter in books
2011
Johannessen, J. A., B. Chapron, F. Collard and B.C. Backeberg (2014). Use of SAR data to monitor the greater Agulhas Current. In “Remote Sensing of the African Seas”, V. Barale and M. Gade.
Krug, M., Cipollini, P., & Dufois, F. (2014). Observing the Agulhas Current With Sea Surface Temperature and Altimetry Data: Challenges and Perspectives. Remote Sensing of the African Seas, 233-249.
Peer reviewed papers
Mead A, C L Griffiths, G M Branch, C D McQuaid, L K Blamey, J J Bolton, R J Anderson, F Dufois, M Rouault, P W Froneman, A K Whitfield, L R Harris, R Nel, D Pillay, J B Adams (2013) Human-mediated drivers of change: impacts on coastal ecosystems and marine biota of South Africa, 35, 3, 403-425
Moloney C., S. T. Fennessy, M. Gibbons, A. Roychoudhury, F Shillington, B. Von Der Heyden and K. Watermeyer (2013). Reviewing evidence of marine ecosystem change off South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 35, 3, 427-448.
Rascle N, B. Chapron, F. Ardhuin, and A. Soloviev (2013). A note on the direct injection of turbulence by breaking waves. Ocean Modelling.
70(0):145-151.
Rascle N and F. Ardhuin (2013). A global wave parameter database for geophysical applications. Part 2: Model validation with improved source term parameterization. Ocean Modelling. 70(0):174-188.
Richard, Y., Rouault, M., Pohl, B., Crétat, J., Duclot, I., Taboulot, S., Reason, C. J. C., Macron, C. and Buiron, D. (2013), Temperature changes in the mid- and high-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere. Int. J. Climatol., 33:1948–1963, doi: 10.1002/joc.3563
Rouault, M., Roy, S. S. and Balling, R. C. (2013), The diurnal cycle of rainfall in South Africa in the austral summer. Int. J. Climatol.,33, 770–777, doi: 10.1002/joc.3451
van Aken HM, J.R.E. Lutjeharms, M. Rouault, C. Whittle, and W.P.M. de Ruijter (2013) Observations of an early Agulhas Retroflection event in 2001: a temporary cessation of inter-ocean exchange south of Africa? Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 72, pp. 1-8
Roy S.S. and M. Rouault, Spatial patterns of seasonal scale trends in extreme hourly precipitation in South Africa (2013), Applied Geography, Volume 39, May 2013, Pages 151-157, ISSN 0143-6228, 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.022. .
Chapter in books
Strub, T., V. Combes, F Shillingtion, and O. Pizarro (2013). Currentsand processes along the eastern boundaries, Chapter 14 in: Ocean Circulation and Climate:A 21st century perspective (secondedition). Editors: G. Siedler, AcademicPress (Elsevier), 339-384.
Peer reviewed papers
Backeberg B. C., Penven P, and M Rouault (2012) Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system, Nature Climate Change, 2012. doi:10.1038/nclimate1587161.2012.692830
Dufois, F., Rouault, M., (2012) Sea surface temperature in False Bay (South Africa): Towards a better understanding of its seasonal and interannual variability. Continental Shelf Research,43,24–35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2012.04.009
Rouault, M. (2012), Bi-annual intrusion of tropical water in the northern Benguela upwelling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L12606, doi:10.1029/2012GL052099.
M.Krug and J. Tournadre (2012) Satellite observations of an annual cycle in the Agulhas Current. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L15607, doi:10.1029/2012GL052335
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
Rouault, M., Roy, S. S. and Balling, R. C. (2012), The diurnal cycle of rainfall in South Africa. SASAS Conference, Cape Town 26/27 September
Dufois, F., Rouault, M., (2012) Sea surface temperature in False Bay (South Africa): Towards a better understanding of its seasonal and interannual variability. SASAS Conference, Cape Town 26/27 September
Peer reviewed papers
Crétat, J., Richard, Y., Pohl,B., Rouault, M., Reason, C. andFauchereau, N. (2011) Recurrent daily rainfall patterns over South Africa and associated dynamics during the core of the australsummer. Int. Jnl. of Climatology doi:10.1002/joc.2266.
Philippon, N., M. Rouault, Y. Richard and A. Favre (2011). The influence of ENSO on winter rainfall in South Africa. Int. J. Climatol. doi:10.1002/joc.3403.
Krug, M. J., and P. Penven (2011), New perspectives on Natal Pulses from satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C07013, doi:10.1029/2010JC006866.
Williamson, R.. J. G. Field, F A. Shillington, A Jarre and A. Potgieter (2011). A Bayesian approach for estimating vertical chlorophyll profiles from satellite remote sensing: proof-of-concept. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68 (4), 792-799.doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq169
Chapter in books
Rouault M, P Penven and B Pohl 2011 On The Recent Warming of the Agulhas Current. in Observations on Environmental Change in South Africa, pp 268-270. Editor Larry Zietsman . Published by Sun media
Popular Article
Backeberg, B., Shillington, F.A. and J. Johannessen (2011). African Operational Oceanography Training Workshop, SANCOR Newsletter 196, p 2-3, ISSN 03700-9026..
Lucas M and M Rouault 2011 Scorched, frozen or flooded! What’s happening to the weather?, Quest, 7, pp 38-40
2010
Peer reviewed papers
Backeberg, B. C. and C. J. C. Reason (2010). A connection between the South Equatorial Current north of Madagascar and Mozambique Channel Eddies. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L04604, doi:10.1029/2009GL041950.
Veitch, J., P. Penven and F. Shillington (2010): Modelling equilibrium dynamics of the Benguela Current system. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 40, 1942-1964.
Rouault, M., B. Pohl and P. Penven, (2010) Coastal Oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa, Afr. J. Mar. Sc. 32(2): 237-246.
Rouault, M., B. Pohl and P. Penven, (2010) Coastal Oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa, African Journal of Marine Science 32(2): 237–246
Pohl, B., N. Fauchereau, C. J. C. Reason and M. Rouault (2010). Relationships between the Antarctic Oscillation, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and ENSO, and Consequences for Rainfall Analysis. J. Climate, 23, 238-254.
Krug, M. J., A. Mouche, F. Collard, J. A. Johannessen, and B. Chapron (2010), Mapping the Agulhas Current from space: An assessment of ASAR surface current velocities, J. Geophys. Res., 115,
C10026, doi:10.1029/2009JC006050.
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings
Backeberg, B., J.A. Johannessen, M. Krug, and J. Veitch (2010).Preliminary inter--model comparison of the Agulhas Current with direct range Doppler velocity estimates from Envisat’s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar. ESA Living Planet Symposium, 28 June – 2 July 2010,ESA’s Publication Division (EPD), Special Publication SP--686.