Ocean mesoscale and frontal-scale ocean–atmosphere interactions and influence on large-scale climate: A review

H Seo, LW O'Neill, MA Bourassa, A Czaja… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Two decades of high-resolution satellite observations and climate modeling studies have
indicated strong ocean–atmosphere coupled feedback mediated by ocean mesoscale …

An unprecedented set of high‐resolution earth system simulations for understanding multiscale interactions in climate variability and change

P Chang, S Zhang, G Danabasoglu… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an unprecedented set of high‐resolution climate simulations, consisting of a 500‐
year pre‐industrial control simulation and a 250‐year historical and future climate simulation …

Simulating the midlatitude atmospheric circulation: what might we gain from high-resolution modeling of air-sea interactions?

A Czaja, C Frankignoul, S Minobe… - Current Climate Change …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To provide a snapshot of the current research on the oceanic
forcing of the atmospheric circulation in midlatitudes and a concise update on previous …

Ocean‐scale interactions from space

P Klein, G Lapeyre, L Siegelman, B Qiu… - Earth and Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite observations of the last two decades have led to a major breakthrough emphasizing
the existence of a strongly energetic mesoscale turbulent eddy field in all the oceans. This …

High‐frequency submesoscale motions enhance the upward vertical heat transport in the global ocean

Z Su, H Torres, P Klein, AF Thompson… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rate of ocean heat uptake depends on the mechanisms that transport heat between the
surface and the ocean interior. A recent study found that the vertical heat transport driven by …

Mitigating climate biases in the midlatitude North Atlantic by increasing model resolution: SST gradients and their relation to blocking and the jet

PJ Athanasiadis, F Ogawa, NE Omrani… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Starting to resolve the oceanic mesoscale in climate models is a step change in model
fidelity. This study examines how certain obstinate biases in the midlatitude North Atlantic …

Ocean fronts and eddies force atmospheric rivers and heavy precipitation in western North America

X Liu, X Ma, P Chang, Y Jia, D Fu, G Xu, L Wu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are responsible for over 90% of poleward water vapor transport in
the mid-latitudes and can produce extreme precipitation when making landfall. However …

Reduced Southern Ocean warming enhances global skill and signal-to-noise in an eddy-resolving decadal prediction system

SG Yeager, P Chang, G Danabasoglu… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
The impact of increased model horizontal resolution on climate prediction performance is
examined by comparing results from low-resolution (LR) and high-resolution (HR) decadal …

Local air‐sea interactions at ocean mesoscale and submesoscale in a western boundary current

E Strobach, P Klein, A Molod, AA Fahad… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present results from a new, global, high‐resolution (∼ 3‐km for ocean and∼ 6‐km for
atmosphere) realistic earth system simulation. This simulation allows us to examine aspects …

Modulation of the oceanic mesoscale activity by the mesoscale thermal feedback to the atmosphere

L Renault, S Masson, V Oerder, F Colas… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ocean mesoscale thermal feedback (TFB) is the influence of mesoscale sea surface
temperature (SST) anomalies on the overlying atmosphere and its feedback to the ocean …