Island mass effect: A review of oceanic physical processes

C De Falco, F Desbiolles, A Bracco… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Increased Net Primary Productivity (NPP) around small islands have been documented
worldwide. Despite having been known for decades, the interactions between physical and …

Deep learning solver unites SDGSAT-1 observations and Navier–Stokes theory for oceanic vortex streets

H Gao, B Huang, G Chen, L **a… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The world's first scientific satellite for sustainable development goals (SDGSAT-1) provides
valuable data about offshore small-scale ocean phenomena, including the Kármán vortex …

The Canary Eddy Corridor: A major pathway for long-lived eddies in the subtropical North Atlantic

P Sangrà, A Pascual, Á Rodríguez-Santana… - Deep Sea Research …, 2009 - Elsevier
We report, from remote sensing and in situ observations, a new type of permanent structure
in the eastern subtropical Atlantic Ocean, that we call the “Canary Eddy Corridor”. The …

A new atmospheric dataset for forcing ice–ocean models: Evaluation of reforecasts using the Canadian global deterministic prediction system

GC Smith, F Roy, P Mann, F Dupont… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the availability of several atmospheric reanalyses (eg ERA‐Interim) there exists both
considerable uncertainty in surface forcing fields for ice/ocean modelling and sensitivity to …

Observed deep energetic eddies by seamount wake

G Chen, D Wang, C Dong, T Zu, H Xue, Y Shu… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Despite numerous surface eddies are observed in the ocean, deep eddies (a type of eddies
which have no footprints at the sea surface) are much less reported in the literature due to …

Ocean surface wind simulation forced by different reanalyses: Comparison with observed data along the Iberian Peninsula coast

D Carvalho, A Rocha, M Gómez-Gesteira - Ocean Modelling, 2012 - Elsevier
The performance of the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) mesoscale model in the
ocean surface wind simulation was assessed and evaluated under different initial and …

Island mass effect in the Juan Fernández Archipelago (33 S), southeastern Pacific

I Andrade, P Sangrà, S Hormazabal… - Deep Sea Research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Spatial and temporal variability of the island mass effect (IME; defined as local increases of
phytoplankton associated with the presence of islands) at the Juan Fernández Archipelago …

Monitoring deep sea currents with seafloor distributed acoustic sensing

D Mata Flores, A Sladen, J Ampuero… - Earth and Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Underwater fiber optic cables commonly traverse a variety of seafloor conditions, which
leads to an uneven mechanical coupling between the cable and the ocean bottom. On …

Wind mediated vorticity-generation and eddy-confinement, leeward of the Madeira Island: 2008 numerical case study

X Couvelard, RMA Caldeira, IB Araújo… - Dynamics of Atmospheres …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study assesses the influence of the atmospheric wind-wake of the Madeira Island on
oceanic-eddy generation. Ocean surface wind fields derived from the QuikSCAT …

Generation of mesoscale eddies in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands

Y Jia, PHR Calil, EP Chassignet… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean west of the main Hawaiian Islands is characterized by enhanced eddy kinetic
energy arising from the abundance of locally generated mesoscale eddies, most frequently …