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 …

OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS

P Testor, B De Young, DL Rudnick, S Glenn… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The OceanGliders program started in 2016 to support active coordination and enhancement
of global glider activity. OceanGliders contributes to the international efforts of the Global …

Submesoscale inverse energy cascade enhances Southern Ocean eddy heat transport

Z Zhang, Y Liu, B Qiu, Y Luo, W Cai, Q Yuan… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Oceanic eddy-induced meridional heat transport (EHT) is an important process in the
Southern Ocean heat budget, the variability of which significantly modulates global …

Widespread changes in Southern Ocean phytoplankton blooms linked to climate drivers

SJ Thomalla, SA Nicholson, TJ Ryan-Keogh… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change is expected to elicit widespread alterations to nutrient and light supply,
which interact to influence phytoplankton growth and their seasonal cycles. Using 25 years …

Enhanced upward heat transport at deep submesoscale ocean fronts

L Siegelman, P Klein, P Rivière, AF Thompson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The ocean is the largest solar energy collector on Earth. The amount of heat it can store is
modulated by its complex circulation, which spans a broad range of spatial scales, from …

A comparative assessment of the uncertainties of global surface ocean CO2 estimates using a machine-learning ensemble (CSIR-ML6 version 2019a) – have we hit …

L Gregor, AD Lebehot, S Kok… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
Over the last decade, advanced statistical inference and machine learning have been used
to fill the gaps in sparse surface ocean CO2 measurements (Rödenbeck et al., 2015). The …

Closing the loops on Southern Ocean dynamics: From the circumpolar current to ice shelves and from bottom mixing to surface waves

LG Bennetts, CJ Shakespeare… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A holistic review is given of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, in the context of the crucial
role it plays in the global climate and the profound changes it is experiencing. The review …

Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact

L Newman, P Heil, R Trebilco, K Katsumata… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Southern Ocean is disproportionately important in its effect on the Earth system,
impacting climatic, biogeochemical, and ecological systems, which makes recent observed …

[HTML][HTML] Submesoscale currents in the subtropical upper ocean observed by long-term high-resolution mooring arrays

Z Zhang, X Zhang, B Qiu, W Zhao… - Journal of Physical …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Although observational efforts have been made to detect submesoscale currents
(submesoscales) in regions with deep mixed layers and/or strong mesoscale kinetic energy …

Sub‐seasonal forcing drives year‐to‐year variations of southern ocean primary productivity

CJ Prend, MG Keerthi, M Lévy… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Primary productivity in the Southern Ocean plays a key role in global biogeochemical cycles.
While much focus has been placed on phytoplankton production seasonality, non‐seasonal …