Ocean mesoscale and frontal-scale ocean–atmosphere interactions and influence on large-scale climate: A review

H Seo, LW O'Neill, MA Bourassa, A Czaja… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Two decades of high-resolution satellite observations and climate modeling studies have
indicated strong ocean–atmosphere coupled feedback mediated by ocean mesoscale …

Challenges and prospects in ocean circulation models

B Fox-Kemper, A Adcroft, CW Böning… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We revisit the challenges and prospects for ocean circulation models following Griffies et al..
Over the past decade, ocean circulation models evolved through improved understanding …

Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

Submesoscale processes and mixing

J Gula, J Taylor, A Shcherbina, A Mahadevan - Ocean mixing, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Southern ocean seasonal restratification delayed by submesoscale wind–front interactions

M Du Plessis, S Swart, IJ Ansorge… - Journal of Physical …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ocean stratification and the vertical extent of the mixed layer influence the rate at which the
ocean and atmosphere exchange properties. This process has direct impacts for …

The intraseasonal dynamics of the mixed layer pump in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean: A Biogeochemical‐Argo float approach

L Lacour, N Briggs, H Claustre… - Global …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The detrainment of organic matter from the mixed layer, a process known as the mixed layer
pump (ML pump), has long been overlooked in carbon export budgets. Recently, the ML …

[HTML][HTML] Submesoscale baroclinic instability in the bottom boundary layer

JO Wenegrat, J Callies… - Journal of Physical …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Submesoscale Baroclinic Instability in the Bottom Boundary Layer in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 48 Issue 11 (2018) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo …

Unexpected winter phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre

L Lacour, M Ardyna, KF Stec, H Claustre, L Prieur… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In mid-and high-latitude oceans, winter surface cooling and strong winds drive turbulent
mixing that carries phytoplankton to depths of several hundred metres, well below the sunlit …

Submesoscale fronts in the Antarctic marginal ice zone and their response to wind forcing

S Swart, MD du Plessis, AF Thompson… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Submesoscale flows in the ocean are energetic motions, O (1–10 km), that influence
stratification and the distributions of properties, such as heat and carbon. They are believed …

Assessment of oceanographic conditions during the North Atlantic EXport processes in the ocean from RemoTe sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign

L Johnson, DA Siegel, AF Thompson, E Fields… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This manuscript presents an overview of NASA's EXport Processes in the Ocean from
Remote Sensing 2021 Field Campaign in the North Atlantic (EXPORTS NA) and provides …