An analysis of mechanisms for submesoscale vertical motion at ocean fronts

By A. Mahadevan, Amit Tandon. 2006

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Statistics of vertical vorticity, divergence, and strain in a developed submesoscale turbulence field (2013, methodology): “We take these results as representative of multiple similar model predictions of submesoscale turbulence [e.g., Mahadevan and Tandon, 2006; Capet et al., 2008; Klein et al., 2008] and compare them with the LatMix observations in order to test these predictions.”
Bringing physics to life at the submesoscale (2012, background): “Near the surface the vertical velocities reach O(10) m s or O(100) 176 m d (Mahadevan and Tandon, 2006; Legal et al., 2007; Klein and Lapeyre, 2009).”
Physical forcing of nitrogen fixation and diazotroph community structure in the North Pacific subtropical gyre (2009, background): “In addition, submesoscale dynamics associated with ocean eddies including nonlinear Ekman transport, frontogenesis, and ageostrophic circulation all appear capable of diapycnal nutrient exchange within anticyclones [Mahadevan and Tandon, 2006; Capet et al., 2008; Klein et al., 2008; Mahadevan et al.”
Submesoscale Processes and Dynamics (2013, methodology): “The QG omega-equation does not work well for diagnosing vertical velocities when tested with a high-resolution numerical simulation that generates O(1)Ro, as it misdiagnoses the position and sign of the most intense vertical velocities near the surface [Mahadevan and Tandon, 2006].”
Mesoscale to Submesoscale Transition in the California Current System. Part II: Frontal Processes (2008, background): “Similarly, Mahadevan and Tandon (2006) show with a simulation of an unstable surface front that its vigorous submesoscale w field corresponds only roughly to a balanced diagnostic analysis (i.e., an ! equation).”
Parameterization of Mixed Layer Eddies. Part I. Theory and Diagnosis (2008, background): “Some recent investigations without active remixing of the ML underestimate the restratification effect of MLEs (e.g., Mahadevan 2006; Mahadevan and Tandon 2006), as MLEs do not occur after the ML has already restratified by other mechanisms.”