Internal wave breaking and dissipation mechanisms on the continental slope/shelf

KG Lamb - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Internal waves are important physical phenomena on the continental shelf/slope. They are
often very energetic, and their breaking provides an important dissipation and mixing …

The tropical Atlantic observing system

GR Foltz, P Brandt, I Richter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The tropical Atlantic is home to multiple coupled climate variations covering a wide range of
timescales and impacting societally relevant phenomena such as continental rainfall …

The marine nitrogen cycle: recent discoveries, uncertainties and the potential relevance of climate change

M Voss, HW Bange, JW Dippner… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ocean's nitrogen cycle is driven by complex microbial transformations, including
nitrogen fixation, assimilation, nitrification, anammox and denitrification. Dinitrogen is the …

Pan-Arctic Ocean primary production constrained by turbulent nitrate fluxes

A Randelhoff, J Holding, M Janout, MK Sejr… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Arctic Ocean primary productivity is limited by light and inorganic nutrients. With sea ice
cover declining in recent decades, nitrate limitation has been speculated to become more …

Coastal trapped waves and tidal mixing control primary production in the tropical Angolan upwelling system

M Körner, P Brandt, S Illig, M Dengler… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Eastern boundary upwelling systems are hotspots of marine life and primary production. The
strength and seasonality of upwelling in these systems are usually related to local wind …

On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic

P Brandt, HW Bange, D Banyte, M Dengler… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Ocean observations are analysed in the framework of Collaborative Research Center 754
(SFB 754)" Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean" to study (1) the …

Physical processes and biological productivity in the upwelling regions of the tropical Atlantic

P Brandt, G Alory, FM Awo, M Dengler… - Ocean …, 2023 - os.copernicus.org
In this paper, we review observational and modelling results on the upwelling in the tropical
Atlantic between 10∘ N and 20∘ S. We focus on the physical processes that drive the …

Overestimated nitrogen loss from denitrification for natural terrestrial ecosystems in CMIP6 Earth System Models

M Feng, S Peng, Y Wang, P Ciais, DS Goll… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Denitrification and leaching nitrogen (N) losses are poorly constrained in Earth System
Models (ESMs). Here, we produce a global map of natural soil 15N abundance and quantify …

Focusing and vertical mode scattering of the first mode internal tide by mesoscale eddy interaction

M Dunphy, KG Lamb - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Numerical experiments are performed using the MITgcm to investigate the interaction of a
mode‐one internal tide with barotropic and baroclinic mode‐one mesoscale eddies. Results …

Seasonal productivity of the equatorial Atlantic shaped by distinct wind-driven processes

P Brandt, M Körner, JN Moum, M Roch… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
The eastern equatorial Atlantic hosts a productive marine ecosystem that depends on
upward supply of nitrate, the primary limiting nutrient in this region. The annual productivity …