Bio‐Optical, Physical, and Chemical Properties of a Loop Current Eddy in the Gulf of Mexico

Y Zhang, C Hu, BB Barnes, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐sensor data collected with in situ and satellite instruments during August 2015 were
used to understand how the three‐dimensional bio‐optical properties of a Loop Current …

Multidecade trends of sea surface temperature, chlorophyll-a concentration, and ocean eddies in the Gulf of Mexico

G Li, Z Wang, B Wang - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study characterizes the spatial patterns of the overall and monthly trends in sea surface
temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) to investigate the …

A global biogeography analysis reveals vulnerability of surface marine zooplankton to anthropogenic stressors

C Richon, C Wagner, EM Sunderland, SD Ayata… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Anthropogenic impacts on zooplankton at the surface ocean pose an urgent challenge
because these keystone species are crucial for oceanic processes. Some anthropogenic …

Assessment of predictability of the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico from observing system experiments and observing system simulation experiments

DS Dukhovskoy, EP Chassignet, A Bozec… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study presents results from numerical model experiments with a high-resolution
regional forecast system to evaluate model predictability of the Loop Current (LC) system …

Ocean temperature and color frontal zones in the Gulf of Mexico: Where, when, and why

Y Zhang, C Hu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial and temporal patterns of ocean frontal zones in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) are
studied using ocean color and sea surface temperature (SST) imagery collected by the …

Distribution, mixing, and transformation of a Loop Current Ring waters: The case of Gulf of Mexico

M Gentil, E Pallàs‐Sanz, L Middleton… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale warm‐core rings, known as Loop Current rings (LCRs) reshape the Gulf of
Mexico water masses by redistributing large amounts of heat and salt laterally. LCRs also …

Dispersal of juvenile leatherback turtles from different Caribbean nesting beaches: A model study

P Gaspar, T Candela, GL Shillinger - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Northwest Atlantic (NWA) leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) subpopulation was
recently classified as endangered. It nests in the Wider Caribbean Region and includes five …

Partial control of the Gulf of Mexico dynamics by the current feedback to the atmosphere

M Larrañaga, L Renault… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The surface oceanic current feedback (CFB) to the atmosphere has been shown to correct
long-lasting biases in the representation of ocean dynamics by providing an unambiguous …

Nonlinear surface Ekman effects on cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices

LZ Sansón, IM García-Martínez… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The transfer of momentum between the atmosphere and oceanic motions affected by the
Earth's rotation occurs through the thin surface Ekman layer. The exchange depends on the …

Mesoscale eddies in the Gulf of Mexico: A three-dimensional characterization based on global HYCOM

Y Zhang, C Hu, DJ McGillicuddy Jr, Y Liu… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is characterized by strong mesoscale eddy activities that
have been studied extensively, yet the comprehensive three-dimensional (3-D) kinematic …