Increased spatial resolution in recent observations and modeling has revealed a richness of
structure and processes on lateral scales of a kilometer in the upper ocean. Processes at …

Frontogenesis is the fluid-dynamical processes that rapidly sharpen horizontal density
gradients and their associated horizontal velocity shears. It is a positive feedback process …

The export of particulate organic carbon (POC) from the surface ocean to depth is
traditionally ascribed to sinking. Here, we show that a dynamic eddying flow field subducts …

A new 2° resolution global climatology of the mixed layer depth (MLD) based on individual
profiles is constructed. Previous global climatologies have been based on temperature or …

Double-diffusive convection is a mixing process driven by the interaction of two fluid
components which diffuse at different rates. Leading expert Timour Radko presents the first …

The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date
coverage of the effects of biological–physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic …

Springtime phytoplankton blooms photosynthetically fix carbon and export it from the surface
ocean at globally important rates. These blooms are triggered by increased light exposure of …

Ageostrophic baroclinic instabilities develop within the surface mixed layer of the ocean at
horizontal fronts and efficiently restratify the upper ocean. In this paper a parameterization …

The subject of ocean turbulence is in a state of discovery and development with many
intellectual challenges. This book describes the principal dynamic processes that control the …

A parameterization for the restratification by finite-amplitude, submesoscale, mixed layer
eddies, formulated as an overturning streamfunction, has been recently proposed to …