Tropical instability waves (TIWs) arise from shear instabilities of equatorial Pacific Ocean
currents and are important for the tropical climate and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. Yet …

Microstructure observations in the Pacific cold tongue reveal that turbulence often
penetrates into the thermocline, producing hundreds of watts per square meter of downward …

Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are oceanic features propagating westward along the
northern front of the Pacific cold tongue. Observational and modeling studies suggest that …

Sharp and rapid changes in the sea surface temperature (SST) associated with fronts and
the diurnal cycle can drive changes in the atmospheric boundary-layer stability and …

Abstract Tropical Instability Waves (TIWs) have been shown to modulate upper ocean
mixing. However, previous studies on the modulation of TIW related mixing are based on …

Observations have revealed that tropical instability waves (TIWs) play an important role in
the ocean mixing of the equatorial thermocline. However, most studies have not …

Tropical instability vortices (TIVs) have a major influence on the physics and
biogeochemistry of the equatorial Pacific. Using an eddy‐resolving configuration of the …

The equatorial Pacific zonal circulation is composed of westward surface currents, the
eastward equatorial undercurrent (EUC) along the thermocline, and upwelling in the eastern …

The mean vertical advection of anomalous vertical temperature gradient is considered the
dominant generation mechanism of positive sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies …

Abstract Observations in the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrents (EUC) show that the nighttime
deep-cycle turbulence (DCT) in the marginal-instability (MI) layer of the EUC exhibits …