On the equilibration of a symmetrically unstable front via a secondary shear instability

By John R. Taylor, Raffaele Ferrari. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2009

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Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations (2010, background): “submesoscale parameterization and the implementation of GM90 according to Treguier et al. (1997) (see Appendix A).”
Buoyancy and Wind-Driven Convection at Mixed Layer Density Fronts (2010, methodology): “Qualitatively, this is very similar to the symmetrically unstable front described by Taylor and Ferrari (2009). c. PV budget In upright convection, when M2 5 0, the mean buoyancy equation is decoupled from the equations for the mean horizontal velocity, and Eq.”
Open-Ocean Submesoscale Motions: A Full Seasonal Cycle of Mixed Layer Instabilities from Gliders (2016, background): “surface buoyancy forcing (Thomas 2005), symmetric instability (SI; Taylor and Ferrari 2009; Thomas et al. 2013), and mixed layer baroclinic instability (BCI; Boccaletti et al.”
Submesoscale currents in the ocean (2016, background): “GI and CI are well-known processes, and both have finite-amplitude forward energy cascade and dissipation; they are particularly apt in the weakly (or negatively) stratified SBL [56,67].”