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 …

Advances in the application of surface drifters

R Lumpkin, T Özgökmen… - Annual review of marine …, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Surface drifting buoys, or drifters, are used in oceanographic and climate research, oil spill
tracking, weather forecasting, search and rescue operations, calibration and validation of …

OMIP contribution to CMIP6: Experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

SM Griffies, G Danabasoglu, PJ Durack… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016‏ - gmd.copernicus.org
The Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) is an endorsed project in the Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). OMIP addresses CMIP6 science …

Satellite altimetry

DB Chelton, JC Ries, BJ Haines, LL Fu… - International …, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The basic concept of satellite altimetry is to measure the range from the
satellite to the sea surface. The altimeter transmits a short pulse of microwave radiation with …

Interpreting energy and tracer spectra of upper-ocean turbulence in the submesoscale range (1–200 km)

J Callies, R Ferrari - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2013‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Submesoscale (1–200 km) wavenumber spectra of kinetic and potential energy and
tracer variance are obtained from in situ observations in the Gulf Stream region and in the …

[کتاب][B] An introduction to ocean remote sensing

S Martin - 2014‏ - books.google.com
Fully updated, with significant new coverage of advances in satellite oceanography and
results from new satellite missions, the second edition of this popular textbook introduces …

The work done by the wind on the oceanic general circulation

C Wunsch - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1998‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A new estimate is made using altimeter data of the rate at which the wind works on the
oceanic general circulation. The value of about 1 TW is lower than previously estimated and …

Practical global oceanic state estimation

C Wunsch, P Heimbach - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The problem of oceanographic state estimation, by means of an ocean general circulation
model (GCM) and a multitude of observations, is described and contrasted with the …

Eddies in the Western Arctic Ocean from spaceborne SAR observations over open ocean and marginal ice zones

IE Kozlov, AV Artamonova… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Western Arctic Ocean is a host to major ocean circulation systems, many of
which generate eddies that can transport water masses and corresponding tracers over long …

Global ocean circulation during 1992–1997, estimated from ocean observations and a general circulation model

D Stammer, C Wunsch, R Giering… - Journal of …, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
A three‐dimensional oceanic state is estimated for the period 1992–1997 as it results from
combining large‐scale ocean data sets with a general circulation model. At the cost of …