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Oceanic mass transport by mesoscale eddies

Science, 2014
Spinning up ocean circulation discretely Ocean eddies with diameters of tens to hundreds of kilometers are an important component of water transport on a global scale. Averaged over periods of many years, ocean circulation is regular and coherent enough to have been described as a conveyor belt. However, over shorter time scales,
Zhengguang, Zhang, Wei, Wang, Bo, Qiu
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Westward motion of mesoscale eddies

Deep Sea Research Part B. Oceanographic Literature Review, 1990
Abstract Since the pioneering work of Nof, the determination of the westward drift of mesoscale eddies under the planetary (beta) effect has been a recurrent theme in mesoscale oceanography, and several different formulae have been proposed in the literature.
Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Benyang Tang, Eric P. Chassignet   +2 more
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Illustrative Visualization of Mesoscale Ocean Eddies

Computer Graphics Forum, 2017
AbstractFeature‐based time‐varying volume visualization is combined with illustrative visualization to tell the story of how mesoscale ocean eddies form in the Gulf Stream and transport heat and nutrients across the ocean basin. The internal structure of these three‐dimensional eddies and the kinematics with which they move are critical to a full ...
Li Liu 0028, Deborah Silver, Karen G. Bemis, Dujuan Kang, E. Curchitser   +4 more
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On the eddy‐Kuroshio interaction: Evolution of the mesoscale eddy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2002
Presented are results from a numerical study of the interaction of a mesoscale eddy and the Kuroshio using a high‐resolution regional general circulation model (GCM). The distinct evolution of the mesoscale eddies is not new in the literature, but most of the previous studies were conducted with simpler model configurations.
Takuji Waseda, Humio Mitsudera, Bunmei Taguchi, Yashushi Yoshikawa   +3 more
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A deformation-based parametrization of ocean mesoscale eddy reynolds stresses

Ocean Modelling, 2017
Ocean mesoscale eddies strongly affect the strength and variability of large-scale ocean jets such as the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension. Their spatial scales are too small to be fully resolved in many current climate models and hence their effects ...
James A Anstey, Laure Zanna
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On a Recent Parameterization of Mesoscale Eddies

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1996
Abstract A recent parameterization of mesoscale eddies by Gent and McWilliams (GMc) represents their effects as advective and diffusive fluxes along isopycnals. The form chosen for the added transport velocity due to eddies flattens isopycnals as in baroclinic instability but implicitly assumes purely viscous dissipation of the available potential ...
Amit Tandon, Chris Garrett
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Mesoscale Eddies in Wake of Islands

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 1965
Abstract The properties of mesoscale eddies in the wake of islands are investigated in the light of their apparent resemblance to the Karman vortex-street pattern. By use of the theoretical results from drag theory and the observed quantities such as cross-stream diameter of the obstacle, wind speed and the dimensions of the pattern, estimates are made
K. P. Chopra, L. F. Hubert
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Mesoscale eddies of the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1985
Subsurface baroclinic eddies in the Arctic Ocean have a diameter of 10–20 km and are confined in depth between 50 and 300m. During the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX) in the central Beaufort Sea between March 1975 and May 1976, extensive information on eddy characteristics, statistics, and behavior was collected from four manned drifting ...
T. O. Manley, Kenneth Hunkins
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Mesoscale Eddies and Fronts

1991
Abstract : The objectives of this grant comprised investigations of oceanic geostrophic turbulence and another mesoscale processes related to eddies and fronts, a numerical study of internal tides, and the organization of an international colloquium on oceanic vortices.
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Ocean Eddies and Mesoscale Variability

2017
This chapter presents a review of the advances in observing the ocean eddy field with satellite altimetry over the last 10 years and addresses the techniques being used to study the finer-scale ocean dynamics. It provides an overview of the reprocessing of along-track data, both from conventional altimetry and the new technology missions, and looks at ...
Rosemary Morrow, Lee-Lueng Fu, J. Thomas Farrar, Hyodae Seo, Pierre-Yves Le Traon   +4 more
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