Symmetric instability (SI) extracts kinetic energy from fronts in the surface mixed layer (SML),
potentially affecting the SML structure and dynamics. Here, a global submesoscale …

Unprecedented quantities of heat are entering the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean through
Bering Strait, particularly during summer months. Though some heat is lost to the …

In this chapter, we discuss the links between oceanic submesoscale (100 m–10 km)
processes and mixing. Submesoscale currents occur on lateral scales of 100 m–10 km in …

It has been hypothesized that submesoscale flows play an important role in the vertical
transport of climatically important tracers, due to their strong associated vertical velocities …

Submesoscale dynamics below the mixed layer (ML) and their mechanisms are still unclear.
By a series of nested simulations in the Pacific Northwest with high horizontal resolution of∼ …

In frontal zones, water masses that are tens of kilometers in extent with origins in the mixed
layer can be identified in the pycnocline for days to months. Here, we explore the pathways …

Clarifying contributions to the surface mixed layer (SML) dissipation from dynamic processes
including winds, waves, buoyancy forcing and submesoscales is of significance for …

Ocean fronts are widespread on the eastern China shelf, especially in winter and early
spring. Previous studies have shown that sediments on the northern coast of the Shandong …

Mesoscale eddies play an important role in transporting water properties, enhancing air‐sea
interactions, and promoting large‐scale mixing of the ocean. They are generally referred to …

We continue our study of the role of curvature in modifying frontal stability. In Part I, we
obtained an instability criterion valid for curved fronts and vortices in gradient wind balance …