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 …

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 …

Observed 3D structure, generation, and dissipation of oceanic mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea

Z Zhang, J Tian, B Qiu, W Zhao, P Chang, D Wu… - Scientific Reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Oceanic mesoscale eddies with horizontal scales of 50–300 km are the most energetic form
of flows in the ocean. They are the oceanic analogues of atmospheric storms and are …

Global near-surface wind speed changes over the last decades revealed by reanalyses and CMIP6 model simulations

K Deng, C Azorin-Molina, L Minola, G Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Near-surface (10 m) wind speed (NWS) plays a crucial role in many areas,
including hydrological cycles, wind energy production, and air pollution, but what drives its …

The scale and activity of symmetric instability estimated from a global submesoscale-permitting ocean model

J Dong, B Fox-Kemper, H Zhang… - Journal of Physical …, 2021‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A description of local and nonlocal eddy–mean flow interaction in a global eddy-permitting state estimate

R Chen, GR Flierl, C Wunsch - Journal of Physical …, 2014‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A Description of Local and Nonlocal Eddy–Mean Flow Interaction in a Global Eddy-Permitting
State Estimate in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 44 Issue 9 (2014) Jump to …

[HTML][HTML] On the seasonal eddy variability in the Kuroshio Extension

Y Yang, X San Liang - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2018‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
On the Seasonal Eddy Variability in the Kuroshio Extension in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 48 Issue 8 (2018) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo …

[كتاب][B] Modern observational physical oceanography: understanding the global ocean

C Wunsch - 2015‏ - books.google.com
The essential introduction to modern physical oceanography With the advent of computers,
novel instruments, satellite technology, and increasingly powerful modeling tools, we know …

The eddy kinetic energy budget in the Red Sea

P Zhan, AC Subramanian, F Yao… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The budget of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Red Sea, including the sources,
redistributions, and sink, is examined using a high'resolution eddy‐resolving ocean …

Widespread mesoscale dipoles in the global ocean

Q Ni, X Zhai, G Wang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous and energetic features in the ocean. Although eddies are
known to form dipoles from time to time, it is unclear how often they do so. Using satellite …