Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

Oceanic mass transport by mesoscale eddies

Z Zhang, W Wang, B Qiu - Science, 2014 - science.org
Oceanic transports of heat, salt, fresh water, dissolved CO2, and other tracers regulate
global climate change and the distribution of natural marine resources. The time-mean …

Element analysis: A wavelet-based method for analysing time-localized events in noisy time series

JM Lilly - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A method is derived for the quantitative analysis of signals that are composed of
superpositions of isolated, time-localized 'events'. Here, these events are taken to be well …

Observations of open‐ocean deep convection in the northwestern M editerranean S ea: Seasonal and interannual variability of mixing and deep water masses for the …

L Houpert, X Durrieu de Madron… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present here a unique oceanographic and meteorological data set focus on the deep
convection processes. Our results are essentially based on in situ data (mooring, research …

Variability of eddy formation off the west Greenland coast from a 1/60 model

R Gou, P Li, KN Wiegand, C Pennelly… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Eddies generated off the west Greenland coast modulate the deep convection in the
Labrador Sea, while there are still open questions related to their formation mechanisms …

Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic

MS Lozier, AS Bower, HH Furey, KL Drouin, X Xu… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
As part of the international Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP),
135 acoustically-tracked deep floats were deployed to track the spreading pathways of …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen export to the deep ocean following Labrador Sea Water formation

J Koelling, D Atamanchuk, J Karstensen… - …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
Abstract The Labrador Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean is one of the few regions globally
where oxygen from the atmosphere can reach the deep ocean directly. This is the result of …

Rapid export of waters formed by convection near the Irminger Sea's western boundary

IAA Le Bras, F Straneo, J Holte… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The standard view of the overturning circulation emphasizes the role of convection, yet for
waters to contribute to overturning, they must not only be transformed to higher densities but …

Seasonality of freshwater in the East Greenland Current system from 2014 to 2016

IAA Le Bras, F Straneo, J Holte… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The initial 2 years of Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program mooring data (2014–
2016) provide the first glimpse into the seasonality of freshwater in the complete East …

The nature of eddy kinetic energy in the Labrador Sea: Different types of mesoscale eddies, their temporal variability, and impact on deep convection

JK Rieck, CW Böning, K Getzlaff - Journal of Physical …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Oceanic eddies are an important component in preconditioning the central Labrador Sea
(LS) for deep convection and in restratifying the convected water. This study investigates the …