The seasonality of submesoscale energy production, content, and cascade

J Dong, B Fox‐Kemper, H Zhang… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Submesoscale processes in the upper ocean vary seasonally, in tight correspondence with
mixed layer thickness variability. Based on a global high‐resolution MITgcm simulation …

The GM+ E closure: A framework for coupling backscatter with the Gent and McWilliams parameterization

SD Bachman - Ocean Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gent and McWilliams (1990, GM) tracer transport scheme has long been a
cornerstone of global-scale ocean modeling, and is well-known for its ability to mimic the …

Eddy saturation and frictional control of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

DP Marshall, MHP Ambaum… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest current in the ocean and has a
pivotal impact on ocean stratification, heat content, and carbon content. The circumpolar …

Scalings for eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts

H Wei, Y Wang, AL Stewart… - Journal of Advances in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Depth‐averaged eddy buoyancy diffusivities across continental shelves and slopes are
investigated using a suite of eddy‐resolving, process‐oriented simulations of prograde …

A diagnosis of anisotropic eddy diffusion from a high‐resolution global ocean model

SD Bachman, B Fox‐Kemper… - Journal of Advances in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanic mesoscale eddies are known to diffuse and stir tracers, and the development of
skillful eddy closures is aided considerably by the accurate diagnosis of these processes …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of a geometrically informed and energetically constrained mesoscale eddy parameterization in an ocean circulation model

J Mak, JR Maddison, DP Marshall… - Journal of Physical …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Implementation of a Geometrically Informed and Energetically Constrained Mesoscale Eddy
Parameterization in an Ocean Circulation Model in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume …

Parameterizing eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts using a slope-aware GEOMETRIC closure

H Wei, Y Wang, J Mak - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Accurate parameterizations of eddy fluxes across prograde, buoyant shelf and slope
currents are crucial to faithful predictions of the heat transfer and water mass transformations …

Complexity of mesoscale eddy diffusivity in the ocean

I Kamenkovich, P Berloff, M Haigh… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stirring of water by mesoscale currents (“eddies”) leads to large‐scale transport of many
important oceanic properties (“tracers”). These eddy‐induced transports can be related to …

Full‐depth scalings for isopycnal eddy mixing across continental slopes under upwelling‐favorable winds

H Wei, Y Wang - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale eddy mixing profoundly modulates the ocean tracer budgets, and is typically
parameterized via the isopycnal eddy diffusivity in ocean climate models. However …

Acute sensitivity of global ocean circulation and heat content to eddy energy dissipation timescale

J Mak, DP Marshall, G Madec… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global ocean overturning circulation, critically dependent on the global density
stratification, plays a central role in regulating climate evolution. While it is well known that …