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 …

The Copernicus global 1/12 oceanic and sea ice GLORYS12 reanalysis

L Jean-Michel, G Eric, BB Romain, G Gilles… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
GLORYS12 is a global eddy-resolving physical ocean and sea ice reanalysis at 1/12°
horizontal resolution covering the 1993-present altimetry period, designed and implemented …

Half a century of satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature

PJ Minnett, A Alvera-Azcárate, TM Chin… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sea-surface temperature (SST) was one of the first ocean variables to be studied from earth
observation satellites. Pioneering images from infrared scanning radiometers revealed the …

The operational sea surface temperature and sea ice analysis (OSTIA) system

CJ Donlon, M Martin, J Stark, J Roberts-Jones… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper describes a new Sea surface temperature (SST) analysis that is produced with
global coverage on a daily basis at the Met Office called the Operational SST and Sea Ice …

Western boundary currents regulated by interaction between ocean eddies and the atmosphere

X Ma, Z **g, P Chang, X Liu, R Montuoro, RJ Small… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Current climate models systematically underestimate the strength of oceanic fronts
associated with strong western boundary currents, such as the Kuroshio and Gulf Stream …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite observations of mesoscale eddy-induced Ekman pum**

P Gaube, DB Chelton, RM Samelson… - Journal of Physical …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Anderson, L., D. McGillicuddy, M. Maltrud, I. Lima, and S. Doney, 2011: Impact of eddy–wind
interaction on eddy demographics and phytoplankton community structure in a model of the …

Imprint of Southern Ocean eddies on winds, clouds and rainfall

I Frenger, N Gruber, R Knutti, M Münnich - Nature geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
Owing to the turbulent nature of the ocean, mesoscale eddies are omnipresent. The impact
of these transitory and approximately circular sea surface temperature fronts on the …

Oceanic frontogenesis

JC McWilliams - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Frontogenesis is the fluid-dynamical processes that rapidly sharpen horizontal density
gradients and their associated horizontal velocity shears. It is a positive feedback process …

Regional variations in the influence of mesoscale eddies on near‐surface chlorophyll

P Gaube, DJ McGillicuddy Jr… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Eddies can influence biogeochemical cycles through a variety of mechanisms, including the
excitation of vertical velocities and the horizontal advection of nutrients and ecosystems …