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Education

M.S in Hydrography and Oceanography, ENSTA Bretagne, 2018
M.S. in Marine Sciences: Physics of the Ocean and Climate, IUEM/UBO, 2018
Ph.D in Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 2022

Work experience

January 2023 - Today: Postdoctoral Fellow
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
- Supervisor: Dr. Riccardo Farneti
February-August 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- Supervisors: PD Dr. Joke F. Lübbecke and Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif
April-May 2022: Research cruise M181 R/V METEOR
- Cape Town, South Africa - Mindelo, Cape Verde
September-October 2019: Research cruise M158 R/V METEOR
- Walvis Bay, Namibia - Recife, Brazil
October 2018- February 2022: Doctoral Researcher
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- Supervisors: PD Dr. Joke F. Lübbecke and Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif
July-August 2018: Visiting Researcher
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Supervisors: Dr. Steven Herbette, Dr. Jonathan Gula, Dr. Jennifer Veitch
June-August 2017: Visiting Researcher
- National Institute of Oceanography and applied Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy
- Supervisor: Dr. Pierre-Marie Poulain

Publications

Weakened SST variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean since 2000

Prigent, A., Lübbecke, J.F., Bayr, T. et al. Weakened SST variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean since 2000. Clim Dyn 54, 2731–2744 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05138-0

Origin of weakened interannual sea surface temperature variability in the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean

Prigent, A., Imbol Koungue, R. A., Lübbecke, J. F., Brandt, P., & Latif, M. (2020). Origin of weakened interannual sea surface temperature variability in the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089348. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089348

The 2019 Benguela Niño

Imbol Koungue, R. A., Brandt, P., Lübbecke, J., Prigent, A., Martins, M. S., & Rodrigues, R. R. (2021). The 2019 Benguela Niño. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 800103. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.800103

Weakening of the Atlantic Niño variability under global warming

Crespo, L.R., Prigent, A., Keenlyside, N. et al. Weakening of the Atlantic Niño variability under global warming. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01453-y

Future weakening of southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean interannual sea surface temperature variability in a global climate model

Prigent, A., Imbol Koungue, R., Lübbecke, J.F. et al. Future weakening of southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean interannual sea surface temperature variability in a global climate model. Clim Dyn (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-07007-y

Uncertainty on Atlantic Niño variability projections

Prigent, A., Imbol Koungue, R. A., Imbol Nkwinkwa, A. S. N., Beobide-Arsuaga, G., & Farneti, R. (2023). Uncertainty on Atlantic Niño variability projections. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL105000. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105000

Physical Drivers of Southwest African Coastal Upwelling and Its Response to Climate Variability and Change

Brandt P., Bordbar M. H., Coelho P., Imbol Koungue R. A., Körner M., Lamont T., Lübbecke, J. F., Mohrholz V., Prigent, A., Roch M., Schmidt M., van der Plas, A. K., Veitch J. (2024). Physical Drivers of Southwest African Coastal Upwelling and Its Response to Climate Variability and Change. In: von Maltitz, G.P., et al. Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change. Ecological Studies, vol 248. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5_9

Drivers and impact of the 2021 extreme warm event in the tropical Angolan upwelling system

Imbol Koungue, R.A., Brandt, P., Prigent, A., Aroucha, L. C., Lübbecke, J. F., Imbol Nkwinkwa, A. S. N., Dengler, M., and Keenlyside, N. S. Drivers and impact of the 2021 extreme warm event in the tropical Angolan upwelling system. Sci Rep 14, 16824 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67569-7

An assessment of equatorial Atlantic interannual variability in Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) simulations

Prigent, A. and Farneti, R.: An assessment of equatorial Atlantic interannual variability in Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) simulations, Ocean Sci., 20, 1067–1086, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1067-2024, 2024.

Arthur Prigent

CV

Education

Work experience

Publications

Weakened SST variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean since 2000

Origin of weakened interannual sea surface temperature variability in the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean

The 2019 Benguela Niño

Weakening of the Atlantic Niño variability under global warming

Future weakening of southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean interannual sea surface temperature variability in a global climate model

Uncertainty on Atlantic Niño variability projections

Physical Drivers of Southwest African Coastal Upwelling and Its Response to Climate Variability and Change

Drivers and impact of the 2021 extreme warm event in the tropical Angolan upwelling system

An assessment of equatorial Atlantic interannual variability in Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) simulations

Talks

Mean-state dependence of multi-decadal changes in equatorial Atlantic interannual SST variability

Weakened SST variability in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean since 2000

Weakening Satellite Era and Future Tropical Atlantic Sea surface temperature Variability

Weakening Satellite Era and Future Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Variability

Weakening of the southeastern Tropical Atlantic Interannual Sea Surface Temperature Variability under Global Warming

Uncertainty on Atlantic Niño variability projections

An assessment of equatorial Atlantic interannual variability in OMIP simulations