Ocean circulation kinetic energy: Reservoirs, sources, and sinks

R Ferrari, C Wunsch - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The ocean circulation is a cause and consequence of fluid scale interactions ranging from
millimeters to more than 10,000 km. Although the wind field produces a large energy input to …

Near-inertial internal gravity waves in the ocean

MH Alford, JA MacKinnon, HL Simmons… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
We review the physics of near-inertial waves (NIWs) in the ocean and the observations,
theory, and models that have provided our present knowledge. NIWs appear nearly …

The DOE E3SM coupled model version 1: Description and results at high resolution

PM Caldwell, A Mametjanov, Q Tang… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study provides an overview of the coupled high‐resolution Version 1 of the Energy
Exascale Earth System Model (E3SMv1) and documents the characteristics of a 50‐year …

Toward global maps of internal tide energy sinks

C de Lavergne, S Falahat, G Madec, F Roquet… - Ocean Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
Internal tides power much of the observed small-scale turbulence in the ocean interior. To
represent mixing induced by this turbulence in ocean climate models, the cascade of …

Large-scale impacts of the mesoscale environment on mixing from wind-driven internal waves

CB Whalen, JA MacKinnon, LD Talley - Nature Geoscience, 2018 - nature.com
Oceanic mesoscale structures such as eddies and fronts can alter the propagation, breaking
and subsequent turbulent mixing of wind-generated internal waves. However, it has been …

Model‐predicted distribution of wind‐induced internal wave energy in the world's oceans

N Furuichi, T Hibiya, Y Niwa - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of wind‐induced internal wave energy in the world's oceans is investigated
using a full three‐dimensional primitive equation model. Special attention is directed to the …

Impact of latitudinal variations in vertical diffusivity on climate simulations

M Jochum - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The currently available theoretical and observational evidence for a latitudinal structure of
thermocline vertical diffusivity is synthesized and included in a state of the art coupled …

[HTML][HTML] On the loss of wind-induced near-inertial energy to turbulent mixing in the upper ocean

X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch, C Eden… - Journal of Physical …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Wind-induced near-inertial energy has been believed to be an important source for
generating the ocean mixing required to maintain the global meridional overturning …

Observed equatorward propagation and chimney effect of near‐inertial waves in the midlatitude ocean

X Yu, AC Naveira Garabato, C Vic… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The propagation characteristics of near‐inertial waves (NIWs) and how mesoscale and
submesoscale processes affect the waves' vertical penetration are investigated using …

[HTML][HTML] An energy compartment model for propagation, nonlinear interaction, and dissipation of internal gravity waves

C Eden, D Olbers - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
An Energy Compartment Model for Propagation, Nonlinear Interaction, and Dissipation of
Internal Gravity Waves in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 44 Issue 8 (2014) …