Common occurrences of subsurface heatwaves and cold spells in ocean eddies

Q He, W Zhan, M Feng, Y Gong, S Cai, H Zhan - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Extreme ocean temperature events are becoming increasingly common due to global
warming, causing catastrophic ecological and socioeconomic impacts,,,–. Despite extensive …

Comparative analysis of four types of mesoscale eddies in the Kuroshio-Oyashio extension region

W Sun, M An, J Liu, J Liu, J Yang, W Tan… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Oceanic mesoscale cyclonic (anticyclonic) eddies usually have cold (warm) cores and
counterclockwise (clockwise) flow fields in the Northern Hemisphere. However,“abnormal” …

Enhancing impacts of mesoscale eddies on Southern Ocean temperature variability and extremes

Q He, W Zhan, S Cai, Y Du, Z Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
As a major sink of anthropogenic heat and carbon, the Southern Ocean experienced
pronounced warming with increasing extreme temperature events over the past decades …

Thermal imprints of mesoscale eddies in the global ocean

Q He, D Mo, W Zhan, S Cai, S Tang… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mesoscale eddies have been widely documented for their significant role in regulating
oceanic heat absorption and redistribution. However, our understanding of their thermal …

A lens-shaped, cold-core anticyclonic surface eddy in the northern South China Sea

Y Qi, H Mao, Y Du, X Li, Z Yang, K Xu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Typically, compared with the normal ocean, an anticyclonic eddy has higher sea surface
temperature (SST), greater surface mixed-layer depth (MLD), and a bowl-shaped structure …

Generation of cold anticyclonic eddies and warm cyclonic eddies in the tropical oceans

Q Ni, X Zhai, Z Yang, D Chen - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous features of the global ocean circulation. Traditionally,
anticyclonic eddies are thought to be associated with positive temperature anomalies while …

Comparative analysis of four types of mesoscale eddies in the north pacific subtropical countercurrent region–part I spatial characteristics

M An, J Liu, J Liu, W Sun, J Yang, W Tan… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The North Pacific Subtropical Countercurrent (STCC) region has high mesoscale eddy
activities due to its complex circulation structure. This study divides these mesoscale eddies …

Dominant physical-biogeochemical drivers for the seasonal variations in the surface chlorophyll-a and subsurface chlorophyll-a maximum in the Bay of Bengal

KMA Chowdhury, W Jiang, G Liu, MK Ahmed… - Regional Studies in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The seasonal variations and driving mechanisms of the surface and subsurface chlorophyll-
a concentrations in the Bay of Bengal are far from resolved, as only a few local, short-term …

Drastic hydrodynamic changes in the western Bay of Bengal caused by tropical cyclone Nada

C Xia, H Lü, H Huang, Y Xia, Z Chen, X Ding… - Journal of Sea …, 2023 - Elsevier
To understand the interaction between tropical cyclones (TCs) and the upper ocean in the
Bay of Bengal (BoB), TC Nada in 2016 is studied by analyzing ocean reanalysis data, ocean …

Spatiotemporal variation and mechanisms of temperature inversion in the Bay of Bengal and the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean

KMA Chowdhury, W Jiang, G Liu, MK Ahmed… - Acta Oceanologica …, 2022 - Springer
In the northern Bay of Bengal, the existence of intense temperature inversion during winter is
a widely accepted phenomenon. However, occurrences of temperature inversion during …