Oceanic motions with spatial scales of 200 m–20 km, called submesoscales, are ubiquitous
in the upper ocean and serve as a key intermediary between larger-scale balanced …

Frontogenesis is the fluid-dynamical processes that rapidly sharpen horizontal density
gradients and their associated horizontal velocity shears. It is a positive feedback process …

The surface mixed layer of the world ocean regulates global climate by controlling heat and
carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the oceanic interior,–. The mixed layer also …

Recent studies highlight that oceanic motions associated with horizontal scales smaller than
50 km, defined here as submesoscales, lead to anomalous vertical heat fluxes from colder to …

Although the strongest ocean surface currents occur at horizontal scales of order 100 km,
recent numerical simulations suggest that flows smaller than these mesoscale eddies can …

A common dynamical paradigm is that turbulence in the upper ocean is dominated by three
classes of motion: mesoscale geostrophic eddies, internal waves and microscale three …

Parameterization of Mixed Layer Eddies. Part I: Theory and Diagnosis in: Journal of
Physical Oceanography Volume 38 Issue 6 (2008) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

The oceanic mesoscale flow field, characterized by a horizontal length scale of 10 to 100
km, has been studied extensively for its dynamics and its contribution to the lateral transport …

The restratification of the oceanic surface mixed layer that results from lateral gradients in
the surface density field is studied. The lateral gradients are shown to be unstable to …

Seasonality in Transition Scale from Balanced to Unbalanced Motions in the World Ocean in:
Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 48 Issue 3 (2018) Jump to Content Jump to Main …