Turbulent mixing from breaking oceanic internal waves drives a vertical transport of water,
heat and other climatically important tracers in the ocean, thereby playing an important role …

We review the physics of near-inertial waves (NIWs) in the ocean and the observations,
theory, and models that have provided our present knowledge. NIWs appear nearly …

Global near‐surface currents are calculated from satellite‐tracked drogued drifter velocities
on a 0.5°× 0.5° latitude‐longitude grid using a new methodology. Data used at each grid …

The surface drifting buoys, or drifters, of the Global Drifter Program (GDP) are predominantly
tracked by the Argos positioning system, providing drifter locations with O (100 m) errors at …

Mesoscale eddies, energetic vortices covering nearly a third of the ocean surface at any one
time, modulate the spatial and temporal evolution of the mixed layer. We present a global …

Oceanic mesoscale structures such as eddies and fronts can alter the propagation, breaking
and subsequent turbulent mixing of wind-generated internal waves. However, it has been …

Oceanic submesoscale ageostrophic processes have been progressively recognized as an
important upwelling mechanism to close the nutrient budget and sustain the observed …

The air–sea interface is a key gateway in the Earth system. It is where the atmosphere sets
the ocean in motion, climate/weather-relevant air–sea processes occur, and pollutants (ie …

The geographical variability, frequency content, and vertical structure of near‐surface
oceanic kinetic energy (KE) are important for air‐sea interaction, marine ecosystems …

Numerical experiments are performed using the MITgcm to investigate the interaction of a
mode‐one internal tide with barotropic and baroclinic mode‐one mesoscale eddies. Results …