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IRD logoSophie Cravatte

 

Chargée de Recherche, IRD, océanographe physicienne

 

 

Photo SophieAdresse: IRD
101 promenade Roger Laroque, Anse Vata
BP A5
98848 Nouméa Cedex
Nouvelle Calédonie
Email : sophie.cravatte@ird.fr

 

 

Expériences / Diplômes :

 

- 2003 : Ph.D, université de Toulouse III

- 1999 : DEA, université de Toulouse III

 

 

Activités scientifiques :

 

- Observing and understanding the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon
- Decadal variations of the tropical Pacific Ocean, and Low frequency modulation of ENSO
- Oceanic Circulation in the South-Western tropical Pacific

- Equatorial circulation

 

Projets :

 

- SPICE

- Solwara

 

Publications:

 

Submitted, in revision, in preparation

  • Kessler, W. S. and S. Cravatte, Mean Circulation of the Coral Sea, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research
  • Grenier, M., C. Jeandel and S. Cravatte, From the subtropics to the Equator in the Southwest Pacific: continental material fluxes quantified using neodymium parameters along modeled thermocline water pathways, in prep.

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In press

  • Kessler, W. S. and S. Cravatte, ENSO and short term variability of the South Equatorial Current entering the Coral Sea, in press in Journal of Physical Oceanography

 

2013

  • Grenier, M., C. Jeandel , F. Lacan , D. Vance , C. Venchiarutti , A. Cros, and  S. Cravatte, From the subtropics to the central equatorial Pacific Ocean: neodymium isotopic composition and rare earth element concentration variations, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 592–618, doi:10.1029/2012JC008239.
  • Eldin Gérard, Ganachaud Alexandre, Cravatte Sophie, Jeandel C. Pandora cruise provides an unprecetented description of the Solomon Sea. CLIVAR Exchanges, 2013, 18 (61; 1), p. 24-25. ISSN 1026-0471
  • Ganachaud Alexandre, Bowen M., Brassington G., Cai W., Cravatte Sophie, Davis R., Gourdeau Lionel, Hasegawa T., Hill K., Holbrook N., Kessler W., Maes Christophe, Melet A., Qiu B., Ridgway K., Roemmich D., Schiller A., Send U., Sloyan B., Sprintall J., Steinberg C., Sutton P., Verron J., Widlansky M., Wiles P. Advances from the southwest Pacific Ocean circulation and climate experiment (SPICE). CLIVAR Exchanges, 2013, 18 (61; 1), p. 16-23. ISSN 1026-0471

 

    2012

    • Cravatte, S., W. S. Kessler, and F. Marin, 2012: Intermediate Zonal Jets in the Tropical Pacific Ocean Observed by Argo floats. Journal of Physical Oceanography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-0206.1

    • Terray, L., L. Corre, S. Cravatte, T. Delcroix, G. Reverdin and A. Ribes, 2012: Near-surface salinity as Nature's rain gauge to detect human influence on the water cycle, Journal of Climate, 25, 958-977.
    • SPICE community, 2012. Naming a western boundary current from Australia to the Solomon Sea. CLIVAR Newsletter Exchanges 58, 28

     

      2011

      • Grenier, M., S. Cravatte, B. Blanke, C. Menkes, A. Koch-Larrouy, F. Durand, A. Melet, and C. Jeandel (2011), From the western boundary currents to the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent: Modeled pathways and water mass evolutions, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116.
      • Singh, A., T. Delcroix, and S. Cravatte (2011), Contrasting the flavors of El Niño-Southern Oscillation using sea surface salinity observations, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C06016, doi:10.1029/2010JC006862.
      • Delcroix, T., G. Alory, S. Cravatte, T. Correge, and M. J. McPhaden, 2011: A gridded sea surface salinity data set for the tropical Pacific with sample applications (1950-2008). Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 58, 38-48.
      • Cravatte, S., A. Ganachaud, Q.-P. Duong, W. Kessler, G. Eldin and P. Dutrieux (2011), Observed circulation in the Solomon Sea from SADCP data, Progress in Oceanography, 88(1-4), 116-130.

      2010

      • Izumo, T., Vialard, J., Lengaigne, M., Montegut, C.D., Behera, S.K., Luo, J.J., Cravatte, S., Masson, S., & Yamagata, T. (2010) Influence of the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the following year's El Nino. Nature Geoscience, 3, 168-172.
      • Marin, F., Kestenare, E., Delcroix, T., Durand, F., Cravatte, S., Eldin, G., & Bourdalle-Badie, R. (2010) Annual Reversal of the Equatorial Intermediate Current in the Pacific: Observations and Model Diagnostics. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, 915-933.

      2009

      • Cravatte, S., C. Menkes (2009), Sensitivity of mixed layer heat budgets to wind forcing: A Case study for the Equatorial Pacific Cold Tongue, Ocean Modell. doi:10.1016/ j.ocemod.2009.04.005 .
      • Cravatte, S., T. Delcroix, D. Zhang, M. McPhaden and J. Leloup (2009), Observed Freshening of the Warming Western Tropical Pacific and extension of the Warm/Fresh Pool in recent decades, Climate Dynamics, doi : 10.1007/s00382-009-0526-7
      • Delcroix, T., et S. Cravatte (2009), Le changement climatique: une réalité pour l'outre-mer français. La Météorologie, vol. 65, 33-38.

       

      2008

      • Ganachaud, A., W. Kessler, G. Brassington, C.R. Mechoso, S. Wijffels, K. Ridgway, W. Cai, N. Holbrook, P. Sutton, M. Bowen, B. Qiu, A. Timmermann, D. Roemmich, J. Sprintall, D. Neelin, B. Lintner, H. Diamond, S. Cravatte, L. Gourdeau, P. Eastwood, and T. Aung (2008): The Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment: a new CLIVAR programme. CLIVAR Exchanges newsletter no 47, 13, 3-6 (www.clivar.org).

      • Ganachaud, A., G. Brassington, W. Kessler, C.R. Mechoso, S. Wijffels, K. Ridgway, W. Cai, N. Holbrook, P. Sutton, M. Bowen, B. Qiu, A. Timmermann, D. Roemmich, J. Sprintall, D. Neelin, B. Lintner, H. Diamond, S. Cravatte, L. Gourdeau, P. Eastwood, and T. Aung (2008): Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment—Part II. Implementation plan. International CLIVAR Project Office, CLIVAR Publication Series No. 133, NOAA OAR Special Report, 36 pp.

        2007

        • Delcroix, T., S. Cravatte, and M. McPhaden (2007) Decadal variations and trends in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity since 1970. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C03012, doi:10.1029/2006JC003801.
        • Mignot, J., C. D. Montegut, A. Lazar, and S. Cravatte (2007), Control of salinity on the mixed layer depth in the world ocean Part II: Tropical areas, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C10010, doi:10.1029/2006JC003954.
        • Montegut, C. D., J. Mignot, A. Lazar, and S. Cravatte (2007), Control of salinity on the mixed layer depth in the world ocean. Part I: General description, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 112, C06011 doi:10.1029/2006JC00395.3
        • Cravatte, S., G. Madec, T. Izumo, C. Menkes, and A. Bozec (2007), Progress in the 3-D circulation of the eastern equatorial Pacific in a climate ocean model, Ocean Modelling, 17(1), 28-48.

        Previous publications

        • Alory, G. L., S. Cravatte, T. Izumo, and K. B. Rodgers (2005), Validation of a decadal OGCM simulation for the tropical Pacific, Ocean Modelling, 10(3-4), 272-282.
        • Cravatte, S., J. P. Boulanger, and J. Picaut (2004), Reflection of intraseasonal equatorial Rossby waves at the western boundary of the Pacific Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(10).
        • Boulanger, J. P., S. Cravatte, and C. Menkes (2003), Reflected and locally wind-forced interannual equatorial Kelvin waves in the western Pacific Ocean, J Geophys Res, 108(C10), 3311.
        • Cravatte, S., J. Picaut, and G. Eldin (2003), Second and first baroclinic Kelvin modes in the equatorial Pacific at intraseasonal timescales, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108(C8).

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