Abstract: esoscale eddies are ubiquitous in the World Ocean and dominate the energy content on subinertial time scales. Recent theoretical and numerical studies suggest a connection between mesoscale eddies and diapycnal mixing in ...

Abstract: three-dimensional distribution of turbulent mixing in the South China Sea (SCS) is obtained for the first time, using the Gregg?Henyey?Polzin parameterization and hydrographic observations from 2005 to 2012. Results indicate ...

Abstract: irect microstructure observations across three warm mesoscale eddies were conducted in the northern South China Sea during the field experiments in July 2007, December 2013, and January 2014, respectively, along with ...

Abstract: stimated values of recent oceanic heat uptake are on the order of a few tenths of a W m?2, and are a very small residual of air?sea exchanges, with annual average regional magnitudes of hundreds of W m?2. Using a dynamically ...

Abstract: AbstractA dynamically and data-consistent ocean state estimate during 1993?2010 is analyzed for bidecadal changes in the mechanisms of heat exchange between the upper and lower oceans. Many patterns of change are consistent ...

Abstract: AbstractInternal waves can transfer energy from large-scale to microscale processes; however, the spectra of these waves remain poorly known. A method that combines modal harmonic decomposition and maximum-likelihood method ...