Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices

E Van Sebille, SM Griffies, R Abernathey, TP Adams… - Ocean modelling, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Lagrangian analysis is a powerful way to analyse the output of ocean circulation models and
other ocean velocity data such as from altimetry. In the Lagrangian approach, large sets of …

The water mass transformation framework for ocean physics and biogeochemistry

S Groeskamp, SM Griffies, D Iudicone… - Annual review of …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
The water mass transformation (WMT) framework weaves together circulation,
thermodynamics, and biogeochemistry into a description of the ocean that complements …

Southern O cean eddy phenomenology

I Frenger, M Münnich, N Gruber… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous features in the Southern Ocean, yet their phenomenology
is not well quantified. To tackle this task, we use satellite observations of sea level …

Up to what extent can we characterize ocean eddies using present‐day gridded altimetric products?

A Amores, G Jordà, T Arsouze… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The most common methodology used to detect and characterize mesoscale eddies in the
global ocean is to analyze altimetry‐based sea‐level gridded products with an automatic …

Arctic Ocean surface geostrophic circulation 2003–2014

TWK Armitage, S Bacon, AL Ridout, AA Petty… - The …, 2017‏ - tc.copernicus.org
Monitoring the surface circulation of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean is generally limited in
space, time or both. We present a new 12-year record of geostrophic currents at monthly …

Full‐depth global estimates of ocean mesoscale eddy mixing from observations and theory

S Groeskamp, JH LaCasce… - Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mixing by mesoscale eddies profoundly impacts climate and ecosystems by redistributing
and storing dissolved tracers such as heat and carbon. Eddy mixing is parameterized in …

Transport by Lagrangian vortices in the eastern Pacific

R Abernathey, G Haller - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2018‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Rotationally coherent Lagrangian vortices (RCLVs) are identified from satellite-
derived surface geostrophic velocities in the eastern Pacific (180°–130° W) using the …

Eddy stirring and horizontal diffusivity from Argo float observations: Geographic and depth variability

ST Cole, C Wortham, E Kunze… - Geophysical Research …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Stirring along isopycnals is a significant factor in determining the distribution of tracers within
the ocean. Salinity anomalies on density surfaces from Argo float profiles are used to …

Parameterization of eddy fluxes based on a mesoscale energy budget

MF Jansen, AJ Adcroft, R Hallberg, IM Held - Ocean Modelling, 2015‏ - Elsevier
It has recently been proposed to formulate eddy diffusivities in ocean models based on a
mesoscale eddy kinetic energy (EKE) budget. Given an appropriate length scale, the …

Ocean mesoscale mixing linked to climate variability

JJM Busecke, RP Abernathey - Science Advances, 2019‏ - science.org
Mesoscale turbulence in the ocean strongly affects the circulation, water mass formation,
and transport of tracers. Little is known, however, about how mixing varies on climate …