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 …

Life in the ocean relies on the photosynthetic production of phytoplankton, which is
influenced by the availability of light and nutrients that are modulated by a host of physical …

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 …

For several decades, jets and fronts have been known from observations to be significant
sources of internal gravity waves in the atmosphere. Motivations to investigate these waves …

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 …

The ocean circulation is a cause and consequence of fluid scale interactions ranging from
millimeters to more than 10,000 km. Although the wind field produces a large energy input to …

Ocean eddies (with a size of 100–300 km), ubiquitous in satellite observations, are known to
represent about 80% of the total ocean kinetic energy. Recent studies have pointed out the …

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 …

In computational simulations of an idealized subtropical eastern boundary upwelling current
system, similar to the California Current, a submesoscale transition occurs in the eddy …

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 …