Oceanic submesoscale processes (submesoscales) with O (1–10) km horizontal scale can
generate strong vertical buoyancy flux (VBF) that significantly modulate upper‐ocean …

Mesoscale eddies contain the bulk of the ocean's kinetic energy (KE), but fundamental
questions remain on the cross-scale KE transfers linking eddy generation and dissipation …

In this chapter, we discuss the links between oceanic submesoscale (100 m–10 km)
processes and mixing. Submesoscale currents occur on lateral scales of 100 m–10 km in …

The rate of ocean heat uptake depends on the mechanisms that transport heat between the
surface and the ocean interior. A recent study found that the vertical heat transport driven by …

The submesoscale energy budget is complex and remains understood only in region-by-
region analyses. Based on a series of nested numerical simulations, this study investigated …

Symmetric instability (SI) extracts kinetic energy from fronts in the surface mixed layer (SML),
potentially affecting the SML structure and dynamics. Here, a global submesoscale …

Submesoscale density fronts and the associated processes of frontogenesis and symmetric
instability (SI) are investigated in the northwest Pacific subtropical countercurrent (STCC) …

Although observational efforts have been made to detect submesoscale currents
(submesoscales) in regions with deep mixed layers and/or strong mesoscale kinetic energy …

The spatial scale of submesoscales is an important parameter for studies of submesoscale
dynamics and multiscale interactions. The horizontal spatial scales of baroclinic, geostrophic …

In this work we present a unique set of coincident and collocated high‐resolution
observations of surface currents and directional properties of surface waves collected from …