Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

D Hu, L Wu, W Cai, AS Gupta, A Ganachaud, B Qiu… - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation
system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering …

South Pacific Convergence Zone dynamics, variability and impacts in a changing climate

JR Brown, M Lengaigne, BR Lintner… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Abstract The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) is a diagonal band of intense rainfall
and deep atmospheric convection extending from the equator to the subtropical South …

Climate refugia in the Great Barrier Reef may endure into the future

C Sun, C Steinberg, E Klein Salas, C Mellin… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Although global warming is leading to more frequent mass coral bleaching events
worldwide, parts of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have consistently escaped severe coral …

Revisiting the circulation of the East Australian Current: Its path, separation, and eddy field

PR Oke, M Roughan, P Cetina-Heredia, GS Pilo… - Progress in …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The traditional view of the East Australian Current (EAC), as depicted in many schematics, is
of a continuous boundary current that flows along the shelf off eastern Australia, between …

Dissolved iron patterns impacted by shallow hydrothermal sources along a transect through the Tonga‐Kermadec arc

C Tilliette, V Taillandier… - Global …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Western Tropical South Pacific, a hotspot of dinitrogen‐fixing organisms has
been identified. The survival of these species depends on the availability of dissolved iron …

Tropical pacific observing system

N Smith, WS Kessler, S Cravatte, J Sprintall… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews the design of the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) and its
governance and takes a forward look at prospective change. The initial findings of the TPOS …

Metabolic pathways inferred from a bacterial marker gene illuminate ecological changes across South Pacific frontal boundaries

EJ Raes, K Karsh, SLS Sow, M Ostrowski… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Global oceanographic monitoring initiatives originally measured abiotic essential ocean
variables but are currently incorporating biological and metagenomic sampling programs …

Multi-scale ocean dynamical processes in the Indo-Pacific Convergence Zone and their climatic and ecological effects

Y Du, F Wang, T Wang, W Liu, L Liang, Y Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Pacific Convergence Zone (IPCZ) has a complex ocean dynamical
system. All scale processes are active and interplay from small-scale turbulent mixing to …

Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems

RE Todd, FP Chavez, S Clayton, S Cravatte… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Ocean boundary current systems are key components of the climate system, are home to
highly productive ecosystems, and have numerous societal impacts. Establishment of a …

Downstream evolution of the East Australian Current system: Mean flow, seasonal, and intra‐annual variability

C Kerry, M Roughan - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The East Australian Current (EAC) varies on both seasonal and mesoscale eddy
related timescales, with important impacts for weather, primary productivity, and fisheries …