LEGOS CSIRO
Jean-Baptiste SALLEE
Post-Doc, CSIRO
Mailing address : CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Castray Esplanade HOBART TAS 7000
Ph: +61 3 62 325 074 - Fax: +61 3 6232 5000
E-mail: jean-baptiste [dot] sallee [at] csiro [dot] au
Background and Mobility
2004: Engineering degree in Computer Science, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France
2004: DEA (M/S), Master degree in Oceanography, Meteorology and Environment, Toulouse University , France
2005: Summer school in Lagrangian oceanography dynamics directed by T.Rossby and A.Bennet
2007: Ph. D., Toulouse University , France - Mode Waters in the Southern Ocean (Abstract) -
-> supervisors: R.Morrow and K.Speer
2010: Summer school in Buoyancy driven flows directed by C.Cenedese, E.Chassignet and J.Verron

2004-2006: Teaching assistant at Toulouse University (France) in Physics, statistics and computer science
2004-2007: LEGOS, Toulouse, FRANCE
Since 2008: CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Southern Ocean Post-Doc -
-> supervisors: S.Rintoul and S.Wijffels
 
Research interests
- Argo based Atlas of the Southern Ocean
- Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) formation
- Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) circulation
- Southern Ocean response to atmospheric varability
- Lateral eddy diffusion in the Southern Ocean
- Water mass subduction in the Southern Ocean
- Argo and Mixed layer depth in the Southern Ocean
- Detailed research interest
Links
- Argo data in the Southern Ocean
- SURVOSTRAL program
- FLOSTRAL program
Experience at sea
- 2005: Volonteer on a research cruise. Lauching XBT on the transect Hobart-Terre Adelie on the French Boat l'Astrolabe for the SURVOSTRAL program.
- 2008: CTD sampling through the water column at 30' latitude intervals along the full length of the WOCE SR3 transect for the project: Observing transport and water mass changes south of Australia (CLIVAR SR3, 140E): A contribution to the International Polar Year . CTD watch leader.
Refereed publications
2010
Sallée, J.B.; Matear, R.; Lenton, A.; and Rintoul, S.R. The physical transport of anthropogenic carbon into the Southern Ocean interior, in prep.
Sallée, J.B.; and Rintoul, S.R. Parameterization of eddy-induced subduction in the Southern Ocean surface-layer, in prep. for Ocean modelling
Lee, M. M.; Nurser, J. G.; Stevens, I.; and Sallée, J.B. Subduction over the Southern Indian Ocean in a high-resolution atmosphere-ocean coupled model, submitted to the Journal of Climate, 2010
Sallée, J.B.; Speer, K.; Rintoul, S.R. Zonnally asymmetric response of the Southern Ocean mixed-layer depth to the Southern Annular Mode, 2010, Nature Geoscience, 3, 273-279 (pdf, 2.2 Mo; and Supplementary Materials: 1.3 Mo)
see also: Nature Geoscience's "News and Views" by S.Gille
Sallée, J.B.; Speer, K.; Rintoul, S.R. and Wijffels. Southern Ocean thermocline ventilation, Journ. of Phys. Ocean., 2010, 40, 3, 509-529 (pdf, 3.1 Mo)
2008
Sallée, J.B.; Speer, K and Morrow, R. Southern Ocean fronts and their variability to climate modes, Journ. of Climate, 2008, Vol. 21(12), pp. 3020-3039 (pdf, 6.1 Mo)
Sallée, J.B; Morrow, R.; Speer, K. Eddy heat diffusion and Subantarctic Mode Water formation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008, 35, L05607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032827 (pdf, 3.6 Mo)
Sallée, J.B.; Speer, K.; Morrow, R. and Lumpkin, R. An estimate of Lagragian eddy statistics and diffusion in the mixed layer of the Southern Ocean, Journ. of Marine Res., 2008, 66(4), 441-463 (pdf, 1.9 Mo)
Boutin, J. ; Merlivat, L. ; Hénocq, C. and Sallée, J.B. Air-sea CO2 flux variability in frontal region of the Southern Ocean from CARbon Interface OCean Atmosphere drifters, Limnol. Oceanogr., 2008, 53, 2062-2079. (link to the journal)
Morrow, R. ; Valladeau, G. and Sallée, J.B. Observed subsurface signature of Southern Ocean de- cadal sea level rise Prog. Oceanogr., 2008 , 77(4), 351-466 (pdf, 1.6 Mo)
2007
Sallée, J.B. Les eaux modales de l'Océan Austral (Southern Ocean Mode Waters), Ph.d Thesis, Toulouse University, 2007 (pdf, 14.2 Mo) (Abstract)
2006
Sallée, J.B. ; Wienders, N. ; Morrow, R. and Speer, K. Formation of Subantarctic mode water in the Southeastern Indian Ocean, Ocean Dynamics, 2006 , 56 , 525-542 (pdf, 1.5 Mo)
Other publications
2008
Sallée J.B. Un Océan aux antipodes qui influence notre climat, OMP newsletter, 2008. (pdf, 300 Ko)
2007
Sallée J.B. and Morrow R. Delayed mode salinity quality control of Southern Ocean ARGO floats. Legos technical report, Toulouse, 2007. (pdf, 3.0 Mo)
2006
Sallée, J.B. and Morrow, R. Salinity calibration for the Southern Ocean ARGO data. Coriolis newsletter, 3, july 2006. (pdf, 3.3 Mo)
2005
Speer, K. ; N. Wienders ; J.B. Sallée ; R. Morrow, 2005. Surface Layer heat Flux Variability in the SouthEastern Indian Ocean. Clivar Exchanges, No. 35, 36-37. (pdf, 300 Ko)
Speer, K. ; N. Wienders ; J.B. Sallée ; R. Morrow, 2005. Circulation of Subantarctic Mode Water in the Indian Southern Ocean from ARGO and ALACE floats. Clivar Exchanges, No. 35, 53-55. (pdf, 400 Ko)
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