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Heterogeneity of phytoplankton response to submesoscale processes in the global ocean [PDF]
Communications Earth & EnvironmentOceanic submesoscale processes are believed to play a pivotal role in influencing phytoplankton growth and distribution, essentially influencing oceanic primary productivity and carbon cycling.
Yunchen Liu +6 more
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Submesoscale Dynamic Processes in the South China Sea
Ocean-Land-Atmosphere ResearchThe South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea in the northwestern Pacific, and it is known for its complex multiscale dynamic processes, including basin-scale circulations, mesoscale eddies, submesoscale processes (submesoscales), and small-scale
Zhiwei Zhang
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A survey of submesoscale currents
Geoscience Letters, 2019 Submesoscale currents are pervasive throughout the ocean. They have intermediate space and time scales—neither mesoscale nor microscale—that have made them elusive for measurements and modeling until recently. In this brief article, a survey is presented
James C. McWilliams
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The life cycle of submesoscale eddies generated by topographic interactions [PDF]
Ocean Science, 2019 Persian Gulf Water and Red Sea Water are salty and dense waters flowing at intermediate depths in the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden, respectively. Their spreading pathways are influence by mesoscale eddies that dominate the surface flow in both semi ...
M. Morvan +8 more
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A review of the LATEX project: mesoscale to submesoscale processes in a coastal environment [PDF]
Ocean Dynamics, 2017 The main objective of the LAgrangian Transport EXperiment (LATEX) project was to study the influence of coastal mesoscale and submesoscale physical processes on circulation dynamics, cross-shelf exchanges and biogeochemistry in the western continental shelf of the Gulf of Lion, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea.
Petrenko, Anne +5 more
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Geophysical Research LettersMesoscale and submesoscale processes have crucial impacts on ocean biogeochemistry, importantly enhancing the primary production in nutrient‐deficient ocean regions. Yet, the intricate biophysical interplay still holds mysteries.
Haijin Cao +9 more
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Importance of Strains in Kinetic Energy Flux for Submesoscale Processes From an Anisotropic Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: OceansAbstract Submesoscale fronts and filaments are jet‐like motions, associated with cross‐scale kinetic energy (KE) flux through eddy‐mean flow interaction. However, the diagnostic method for KE flux in jets with a steady zonal flow axis is not suitable for submesoscale processes with arbitrary axes.
Jun Yang +6 more
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringSubmesoscale processes, characterized by strong vertical velocities that generate sea surface temperature (SST) fronts as well as O(1) Rossby number (Ro), are critical to ocean mixing and biogeochemical transport, yet their observation is hampered by ...
Wenbo Wang +4 more
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Observations reveal vertical transport induced by submesoscale front
Scientific ReportsSubmesoscale fronts, with horizontal scale of 0.1–10 km, are key components of climate system by driving intense vertical transports of heat, salt and nutrients in the ocean. However, our knowledge on how large the vertical transport driven by one single
Ruichen Zhu +6 more
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Mesoscale Eddy Dissipation by a “Zoo” of Submesoscale Processes at a Western Boundary [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2020 AbstractMesoscale eddies are ubiquitous dynamical features that tend to propagate westward and disappear along ocean western boundaries. Using a multiscale observational study, we assess the extent to which eddies dissipate via a direct cascade of energy at a western boundary. We analyze data from a ship‐based microstructure and velocity survey, and an
Dafydd Gwyn Evans +4 more
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