Submesoscale dynamic processes in the south China Sea

Z Zhang - Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2024 - spj.science.org
The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea in the northwestern Pacific, and it is
known for its complex multiscale dynamic processes, including basin-scale circulations …

The seasonality of submesoscale energy production, content, and cascade

J Dong, B Fox‐Kemper, H Zhang… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Submesoscale processes in the upper ocean vary seasonally, in tight correspondence with
mixed layer thickness variability. Based on a global high‐resolution MITgcm simulation …

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 …

Characterizing meso-to submesoscale features in the South China Sea

H Lin, Z Liu, J Hu, D Menemenlis, Y Huang - Progress in Oceanography, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study the mesoscale and submesoscale features in the South China Sea (SCS) are
characterized based on a submesoscale-permitting numerical simulation (MITgcm llc4320) …

Spatiotemporal characteristics and generation mechanisms of submesoscale currents in the northeastern South China Sea revealed by numerical simulations

Z Zhang, Y Zhang, B Qiu, H Sasaki… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although both geostrophic‐balanced mesoscale eddies and unbalanced small‐scale
processes have been well studied in the northeastern South China Sea (NE‐SCS), less …

Observational energy transfers of a spiral cold filament within an anticyclonic eddy

C Qiu, Z Yang, M Feng, J Yang, TP Rippeth… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ocean surface mixed layer represents a critical interface linking the ocean and
atmosphere. The physical processes determining the surface mixed layer properties and …

Seasonal modulation of submesoscale kinetic energy in the upper ocean of the northeastern South China Sea

J Zhang, Z Zhang, B Qiu, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although submesoscale processes are revealed to have a strong seasonality in many
regions of global ocean, their seasonal modulation in the northeastern South China Sea …

Seasonality and potential generation mechanisms of submesoscale processes in the northern Bay of Bengal

Y Zhou, W Duan, H Cao, G Zhou, R Cui… - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2024 - Elsevier
The seasonality and generation mechanisms of submesoscale processes (SMPs) in the
northern Bay of Bengal (nBoB) are investigated by the outputs of a high-resolution model …

Progress in research of submesoscale processes in the South China Sea

Q Zheng, L **e, X **ong, X Hu, L Chen - Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
This paper overviews research progress in observation, theoretical analysis and numerical
modeling of submesoscale dynamic processes in the South China Sea (SCS) particularly …

Submesoscale processes in the Kuroshio Loop Current: Roles in energy cascade and salt and heat transports

T Tang, Z Zhang, J Zhang, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Kuroshio Loop Current (KLC) is an important form of Kuroshio intrusion into the
northeastern South China Sea (NESCS), which has significant influences on dynamical and …