Past and future ocean warming

L Cheng, K von Schuckmann, JP Abraham… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in ocean heat content (OHC) provide a measure of ocean warming, with
impacts on the Earth system. This Review synthesizes estimates of past and future OHC …

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 …

On the role of seamounts in upwelling deep-ocean waters through turbulent mixing

A Mashayek, J Gula, LE Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Turbulent mixing in the ocean exerts an important control on the rate and structure of the
overturning circulation. However, the balance of processes underpinning this mixing is …

Diffusion controls the ventilation of a Pacific Shadow Zone above abyssal overturning

M Holzer, T DeVries, C de Lavergne - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Mid-depth North Pacific waters are rich in nutrients and respired carbon
accumulated over centuries. The rates and pathways with which these waters exchange with …

Synthetic aperture radar for geosciences

L Meng, C Yan, S Lv, H Sun, S Xue, Q Li… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has emerged as a pivotal technology in
geosciences, offering unparalleled insights into Earth's surface. Indeed, its ability to provide …

Interacting internal waves explain global patterns of interior ocean mixing

G Dematteis, A Le Boyer, F Pollmann, KL Polzin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Across the stable density stratification of the abyssal ocean, deep dense water is slowly
propelled upward by sustained, though irregular, turbulent mixing. The resulting mean …

Changes in internal wave‐driven mixing across the Arctic Ocean: Finescale estimates from an 18‐year pan‐Arctic record

HV Dosser, M Chanona, S Waterman… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic climate is changing rapidly, with dramatic sea ice declines and increasing upper‐
ocean heat content. While oceanic heat has historically been isolated from the sea ice by …

Widespread global disparities between modelled and observed mid-depth ocean currents

F Su, R Fan, F Yan, M Meadows, V Lyne, P Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mid-depth ocean circulation is critically linked to actual changes in the long-term global
climate system. However, in the past few decades, predictions based on ocean circulation …

Radiation path of diurnal internal tides in the northwestern Pacific controlled by refraction and interference

Y Wang, Z Xu, T Hibiya, B Yin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The diurnal internal tides contribute nearly a quarter of global baroclinic tidal energy.
However, their roles in sha** the spatiotemporal inhomogeneity of the tidal energy field …

High-frequency observations of oceanic internal waves from geostationary orbit satellites

L Huang, J Yang, Z Ma, B Liu, L Ren… - Ocean-Land …, 2023 - spj.science.org
The Geostationary Orbiting Satellite (GOS) offers extensive opportunities for the study of
oceanic internal waves (IWs) through high-frequency observations. In this study, the spatial …