Submesoscale dynamics in the upper ocean

JR Taylor, AF Thompson - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
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 …

OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS

P Testor, B De Young, DL Rudnick, S Glenn… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The OceanGliders program started in 2016 to support active coordination and enhancement
of global glider activity. OceanGliders contributes to the international efforts of the Global …

[HTML][HTML] Enduring science: three decades of observing the Northeast Atlantic from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO)

SE Hartman, BJ Bett, JM Durden, SA Henson… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Until the 1980s, the deep sea was generally considered to be a particularly stable
environment, free from major temporal variations (Sanders, 1968). Studies in the abyssal …

Wind‐forced symmetric instability at a transient mid‐ocean front

X Yu, AC Naveira Garabato, AP Martin… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mooring and glider observations and a high‐resolution satellite sea surface temperature
image reveal features of a transient submesoscale front in a typical mid‐ocean region of the …

Variations in ocean mixing from seconds to years

JN Moum - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Over the past several decades, there has developed a community-wide appreciation for the
importance of mixing at the smallest scales to geophysical fluid dynamics on all scales. This …

[HTML][HTML] Time scales of submesoscale flow inferred from a mooring array

J Callies, R Barkan… - Journal of Physical …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Time Scales of Submesoscale Flow Inferred from a Mooring Array in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 50 Issue 4 (2020) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo …

Reconstructability of open‐ocean upper‐layer dynamics from surface observations using surface quasigeostrophy (SQG) theory

L Liu, X Yu, H Xue, P Xiu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although previous studies suggest that the surface quasigeostrophy (SQG) theory is
practically applicable for subsurface reconstruction from sea surface observations, they …

Submesoscale variability of subsurface chlorophyll-a across eddy-driven fronts by glider observations

Y Chen, QP Li, J Yu - Progress in Oceanography, 2022 - Elsevier
Reflecting the local dynamic state of the pelagic system, subsurface chlorophyll maxima
(SCM) are ubiquitous in the global ocean. Here, a high-resolution glider survey was …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking of internal waves and turbulent dissipation in an anticyclonic mode water eddy

B Fernández-Castro, DG Evans… - Journal of Physical …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Breaking of Internal Waves and Turbulent Dissipation in an Anticyclonic Mode Water Eddy in:
Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 50 Issue 7 (2020) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Energetic Stratified Turbulence Generated by Kuroshio–Seamount Interactions in Tokara Strait

A Takahashi, RC Lien, E Kunze, B Ma… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Generating mechanisms and parameterizations for enhanced turbulence in the wake of a
seamount in the path of the Kuroshio are investigated. Full-depth profiles of finescale …