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  1. Western Indian subantarctic phytoplankton blooms fertilized by iron-enriched Agulhas water

    Article • Nature Geoscience, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  2. Characterizing the Central Structure of a Mesoscale Eddy‐Ring Dipole in the Mozambique Channel From In Situ Observations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, March 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  3. Impacts of the closure of the Mozambique Channel on the southwest Indian Ocean circulation: A regional numerical simulation

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  4. Role of mesoscale eddies in the biogeochemistry of the Mozambique Channel

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, October 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  5. Influence of Mozambique Channel eddies on larval loss of two shallow-water commercial shrimp species

    Article • PLOS Climate, June 2024, PLOS

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  6. Influence of the Madagascar Ridge on Eddy Variability in the Agulhas Current System: A Modelling Study

    Article • April 2024, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  7. Can Mesoscale Eddy Kinetic Energy Sources and Sinks Be Inferred From Sea Surface Height in the Agulhas Current Region?

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  8. Can mesoscale eddy kinetic energy sources and sinks be inferred from sea surface height in the Agulhas Current region?

    Article • January 2024, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  9. Multiscale spatial patterns and environmental drivers of seamount and island slope megafaunal assemblages along the Mozambique channel

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  10. The postulation of intermittent land bridges as an explanation for reiterated colonization events of Madagascar by African vertebrates: An in-depth review and novel insights in honour of the late Judith Masters and Fabien Génin

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  11. Mesoscale Variability, Critical Latitude and Eddy Mean Properties in the Tropical South‐East Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, March 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  12. Spatial and seasonal variability of horizontal temperature fronts in the Mozambique Channel for both epipelagic and mesopelagic realms

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  13. The Natal Bight Coastal Counter-Current: A modeling study

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  14. Can mesoscale eddy kinetic energy sources and sinks be inferred from sea surface height in the Agulhas Current ?

    Article • July 2022, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  15. An investigation of sea level and circulation response during a coastal trapped wave event on the Eastern Agulhas Bank, South Africa

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  16. Mesoscale Eddy Kinetic Energy Budgets and Transfers between Vertical Modes in the Agulhas Current

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  17. Where and How the East Madagascar Current Retroflection Originates?

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  18. Contourite and mixed turbidite-contourite systems in the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean): Link between geometry, sediment characteristics and modelled bottom currents

    Article • Marine Geology, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  19. Benefits of radar-derived surface current assimilation for South of Africa ocean circulation

    Article • Geoscience Letters, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  20. A Model Investigation of the Influences of the South‐East Madagascar Current on the South‐East Madagascar Bloom

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, May 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  21. The impact of internal waves on upper continental slopes: insights from the Mozambican margin (southwest Indian Ocean)

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  22. Where and how the East Madagascar Current retroflection originates?

    Article • December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  23. Generation of submesoscale frontal eddies in the Agulhas Current

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  24. Contourite depositional systems along the Mozambique channel: The interplay between bottom currents and sedimentary processes

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  25. The influence of bottom currents on the Zambezi Valley morphology (Mozambique Channel, SW Indian Ocean): In situ current observations and hydrodynamic modelling

    Article • Marine Geology, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  26. A New Definition of the South‐East Madagascar Bloom and Analysis of Its Variability

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, March 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  27. Seasonal Phasing of Agulhas Current Transport Tied to a Baroclinic Adjustment of Near-Field Winds

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, October 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  28. Impact of offshore eddies on shelf circulation and river plumes of the Sofala Bank, Mozambique Channel

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  29. SIDDIES Corridor: A Major East-West Pathway of Long-Lived Surface and Subsurface Eddies Crossing the Subtropical South Indian Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, August 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven, Fehmi Dilmahamod

  30. Corrigendum

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  31. Uncovering a New Current: The Southwest MAdagascar Coastal Current

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  32. Coastal upwelling south of Madagascar: Temporal and spatial variability

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  33. Shelf-edge jet currents in the southern Benguela: A modelling approach

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  34. Modulation of the Agulhas Current Retroflection and Leakage by Oceanic Current Interaction with the Atmosphere in Coupled Simulations

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, August 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  35. Respective Roles of the Guinea Current and Local Winds on the Coastal Upwelling in the Northern Gulf of Guinea

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, June 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  36. The role of the Agulhas in the Benguela Current system: A numerical modeling approach

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  37. A biophysical model of S. aurita early life history in the northern Gulf of Guinea

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  38. Modelling the tides and their impacts on the vertical stratification over the Sofala Bank, Mozambique

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  39. New insights on the upper layer circulation north of the Gulf of Guinea

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  40. Suppressing and enhancing effects of mesoscale dynamics on biological production in the Mozambique Channel

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  41. Modelling cyclonic eddies in the Delagoa Bight region

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  42. Annual cycle of the upper-ocean circulation and properties in the tropical western Indian Ocean

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  43. Southern Annular Mode and westerly-wind-driven changes in Indian-Atlantic exchange mechanisms

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  44. Mesoscale eddy variability in the southern extension of the East Madagascar Current: Seasonal cycle, energy conversion terms, and eddy mean properties

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, October 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  45. Coastally trapped eddies in the north of the Gulf of Guinea

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  46. Decoupling of the Agulhas Leakage from the Agulhas Current

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, July 2014, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  47. Interannual variability of sea surface temperature and circulation in the tropical western Indian Ocean

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  48. Circulation around La Réunion and Mauritius islands in the south-western Indian Ocean: A modeling perspective

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  49. Cyclogeostrophic balance in the Mozambique Channel

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  50. Eddy properties in the Mozambique Channel: A comparison between observations and two numerical ocean circulation models

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  51. Influence of mesoscale eddies on biological production in the Mozambique Channel: Several contrasted examples from a coupled ocean-biogeochemistry model

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  52. The Mozambique Channel: From physics to upper trophic levels

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  53. Agulhas Leakage Predominantly Responds to the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, October 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  54. JEAI-MOCAs: A multi-institutional initiative to build marine research capacity in Mozambique

    Article • South African Journal of Science, January 2013, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  55. Energetics of the Tropical Atlantic Zonal Mode

    Article • Journal of Climate, November 2012, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  56. Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system

    Article • Nature Climate Change, July 2012, Nature

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  57. Two-way nesting in split-explicit ocean models: Algorithms, implementation and validation

    Article • Ocean Modelling, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  58. On the warm nearshore bias in Pathfinder monthly SST products over Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems

    Article • Ocean Modelling, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  59. Similarities between the tropical Atlantic seasonal cycle and ENSO: An energetics perspective

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  60. New perspectives on Natal Pulses from satellite observations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  61. Sensitivity of the Northern Humboldt Current System nearshore modeled circulation to initial and boundary conditions

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  62. On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

    Article • Nature, April 2011, Nature

    Dr Pierrick Penven, Meghan F. Cronin

  63. Coastal oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  64. Physical speciation of iron in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean along a transect from the subtropical domain to the Weddell Sea Gyre

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2010, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  65. Modeling Equilibrium Dynamics of the Benguela Current System

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, September 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  66. Ocean variability over the Agulhas Bank and its dynamical connection with the southern Benguela upwelling system

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  67. Circulation and heat budget in a regional climatological simulation of the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic.

    Article • Tropical Oceanography, December 2009, Tropical Oceanography

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  68. The Benguela: A laboratory for comparative modeling studies

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  69. Warming in the Agulhas Current system since the 1980's

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  70. High-resolution regional ocean dynamics simulation in the southwestern tropical Atlantic

    Article • Ocean Modelling, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  71. A Lagrangian tool for modelling ichthyoplankton dynamics

    Article • Environmental Modelling & Software, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  72. Software tools for pre- and post-processing of oceanic regional simulations

    Article • Environmental Modelling & Software, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  73. Eddies in eastern boundary subtropical upwelling systems

    Article • January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  74. Enrichment, concentration and retention processes in relation to anchovy (Engraulis ringens) eggs and larvae distributions in the northern Humboldt upwelling ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  75. Role of bathymetry in Agulhas Current configuration and behaviour

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2006, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  76. Evaluation and application of the ROMS 1-way embedding procedure to the central california upwelling system

    Article • Ocean Modelling, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  77. Madagascar: A pacemaker for the Agulhas Current system?

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  78. 4 Large scale physical variability of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME)

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  79. 13 Low Oxygen Water (LOW) forcing scales amenable to forecasting in the Benguela ecosystem

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  80. Modeling the primary and secondary productions of the southern Benguela upwelling system: A comparative study through two biogeochemical models

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  81. Average circulation, seasonal cycle, and mesoscale dynamics of the Peru Current System: A modeling approach

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  82. Modelling the shear edge eddies of the southern Agulhas Current

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  83. Modelling the effect of buoyancy on the transport of anchovy (Engraulis capensis) eggs from spawning to nursery grounds in the southern Benguela: an IBM approach

    Article • Fisheries Oceanography, May 2003, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  84. Modelling the transport success of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus eggs and larvae in the southern Benguela: the effect of spatio-temporal spawning patterns

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2003, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  85. Linking wind and interannual upwelling variability in a regional model of the southern Benguela

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2002, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  86. Coastal Upwelling Response to Atmospheric Wind Forcing along the Pacific Coast of the United States

    Article • Investigaciones marinas, August 2002, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  87. Evolutionary individual-based model for the recruitment of anchovy (Engraulis capensis) in the southern Benguela

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, May 2002, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  88. Generation of cyclonic eddies by the Agulhas Current in the Lee of the Agulhas Bank

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Pierrick Penven

  89. Simulation of a coastal jet retention process using a barotropic model

    Article • Oceanologica Acta, October 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Pierrick Penven