Latitude-dependent finescale turbulent shear generations in the Pacific tropical-extratropical upper ocean

Z Zhang, B Qiu, J Tian, W Zhao, X Huang - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
Turbulent mixing, which is critically important for the equilibrium of ocean circulation, is
controlled by finescale turbulent shear (S 2) of oceanic flows through shear instability …

Submesoscale features and turbulent mixing of an oblique anticyclonic eddy in the Gulf of Alaska investigated by marine seismic survey data

Q Tang, SPS Gulick, J Sun, L Sun… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous in the global ocean and can be captured by marine
multichannel seismic surveys. In this study, a short‐lived anticyclonic eddy is characterized …

Dissolved organic matter dynamics in the epipelagic Northwest Pacific low‐latitude western boundary current system: Insights from optical analyses

C Wang, Y Li, Y Li, H Zhou, A Stubbins… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution horizontal and vertical distribution of dissolved organic carbon (DOC),
chromophoric, and fluorescent dissolved organic matter (CDOM and FDOM) were …

The next decade of seismic oceanography: possibilities, challenges and solutions

A Dickinson, KL Gunn - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seismic reflection profiling of thermohaline structure has the potential to transform our
understanding of oceanic mixing and circulation. This profiling, which is known as seismic …

An Argo‐derived background diffusivity parameterization for improved ocean simulations in the tropical Pacific

Y Zhu, RH Zhang - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Model biases are substantial in ocean and coupled ocean‐atmosphere simulations
in the tropical Pacific Ocean, including a too cold tongue and too diffuse thermocline. These …

Elevated diapycnal mixing by a subthermocline eddy in the western equatorial Pacific

Z Zhang, Z Liu, K Richards, G Shang… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Diapycnal mixing plays an important role in modulating upper‐ocean heat content of the
western equatorial Pacific (WEP) that profoundly impacts the global climate. Given the …

A modified vertical mixing parameterization for its improved ocean and coupled simulations in the tropical Pacific

Y Zhu, RH Zhang - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Climate models suffer from significant biases over the tropical Pacific Ocean, including a too-
cold cold tongue and too-warm temperature at the depth of the thermocline. The emergence …

Diapycnal mixing in the subthermocline of the Mariana Ridge from high-resolution seismic images

Q Tang, Z Jing, J Lin, J Sun - Journal of Physical …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Mariana Ridge is one of the prominent mixing hotspots of the open ocean. The
high-resolution underway marine seismic reflection technique provides an improved …

Energetics‐based estimation of the diapycnal mixing induced by internal tides in the Andaman Sea

S Peng, J Liao, X Wang, Z Liu, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Andaman Sea (AS) is characterized by surprisingly weak stratification in its
deep basin in drastic contrast to the nearby Bay of Bengal (BoB), presumably due to strong …

Turbulent mixing and its contribution to the oxygen flux in the northwestern boundary current region of the Japan/East Sea, April–October 2015

A Ostrovskii, D Stepanov, D Kaplunenko, JH Park… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Japan/East Sea is well ventilated and is the most oxygen-rich region in the
Pacific. However, quantitative estimates of the turbulent fluxes are missing due to a lack of …