Submesoscale dynamics in the upper ocean

JR Taylor, AF Thompson - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Oceanic motions with spatial scales of 200 m–20 km, called submesoscales, are ubiquitous
in the upper ocean and serve as a key intermediary between larger-scale balanced …

Global observations of fine-scale ocean surface topography with the surface water and ocean topography (SWOT) mission

R Morrow, LL Fu, F Ardhuin, M Benkiran… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The future international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission, planned for
launch in 2021, will make high-resolution 2D observations of sea-surface height using SAR …

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 …

Marginal ice zone dynamics: history, definitions and research perspectives

D Dumont - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite enormous scientific and technological progress in numerical weather and climate
prediction, sea ice still remains unreliably predicted by models, both in short-term …

Heavy footprints of upper-ocean eddies on weakened Arctic sea ice in marginal ice zones

GE Manucharyan, AF Thompson - Nature communications, 2022‏ - nature.com
Arctic sea ice extent continues to decline at an unprecedented rate that is commonly
underestimated by climate projection models. This disagreement may imply biases in the …

Sea Ice Rheology Experiment (SIREx): 2. Evaluating linear kinematic features in high‐resolution sea ice simulations

N Hutter, A Bouchat, F Dupont… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Simulating sea ice drift and deformation in the Arctic Ocean is still a challenge because of
the multiscale interaction of sea ice floes that compose the Arctic Sea ice cover. The Sea Ice …

Cruising the marginal ice zone: Climate change and Arctic tourism

D Palma, A Varnajot, K Dalen, IK Basaran… - Polar …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
The effects of climate change are leading to pronounced physical and ecological changes in
the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ). These are not only of concern for the research community …

SKIM, a candidate satellite mission exploring global ocean currents and waves

F Ardhuin, P Brandt, L Gaultier, C Donlon… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) satellite mission is designed to
explore ocean surface current and waves. This includes tropical currents, notably the poorly …

Sea Ice Rheology Experiment (SIREx): 1. Scaling and statistical properties of sea‐ice deformation fields

A Bouchat, N Hutter, J Chanut, F Dupont… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
As the sea‐ice modeling community is shifting to advanced numerical frameworks,
develo** new sea‐ice rheologies, and increasing model spatial resolution, ubiquitous …

Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography

B Rabe, C Heuzé, J Regnery, Y Aksenov… - Elem Sci …, 2022‏ - online.ucpress.edu
Arctic Ocean properties and processes are highly relevant to the regional and global
coupled climate system, yet still scarcely observed, especially in winter. Team OCEAN …