Characterizing meso-to submesoscale features in the South China Sea

H Lin, Z Liu, J Hu, D Menemenlis, Y Huang - Progress in Oceanography, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study the mesoscale and submesoscale features in the South China Sea (SCS) are
characterized based on a submesoscale-permitting numerical simulation (MITgcm llc4320) …

Spatiotemporal characteristics and generation mechanisms of submesoscale currents in the northeastern South China Sea revealed by numerical simulations

Z Zhang, Y Zhang, B Qiu, H Sasaki… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although both geostrophic‐balanced mesoscale eddies and unbalanced small‐scale
processes have been well studied in the northeastern South China Sea (NE‐SCS), less …

Seasonal modulation of submesoscale kinetic energy in the upper ocean of the northeastern South China Sea

J Zhang, Z Zhang, B Qiu, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although submesoscale processes are revealed to have a strong seasonality in many
regions of global ocean, their seasonal modulation in the northeastern South China Sea …

Different vertical heat transport induced by submesoscale motions in the shelf and open sea of the northwestern South China Sea

H Pan, C Qiu, H Liang, L Zou, Z Zhang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Submesoscale currents are known to be associated with strong vertical velocities (O (10)
m/day), regulating the redistributions of energy and matter balances. The northern South …

Progress in research of submesoscale processes in the South China Sea

Q Zheng, L Xie, X Xiong, X Hu, L Chen - Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
This paper overviews research progress in observation, theoretical analysis and numerical
modeling of submesoscale dynamic processes in the South China Sea (SCS) particularly …

Cloud-based framework for inter-comparing submesoscale permitting realistic ocean models

T Uchida, J Le Sommer, C Stern… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
With the increase in computational power, ocean models with kilometer-scale resolution
have emerged over the last decade. These models have been used for quantifying the …

Submesoscale processes in the Kuroshio Loop Current: Roles in energy cascade and salt and heat transports

T Tang, Z Zhang, J Zhang, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Kuroshio Loop Current (KLC) is an important form of Kuroshio intrusion into the
northeastern South China Sea (NESCS), which has significant influences on dynamical and …

Submesoscale processes observed by high-frequency float in the western South China sea

H Tang, Y Shu, D Wang, Q Xie, Z Zhang, J Li… - Deep Sea Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using in situ high-frequency data obtained from a new type of float (Navis-SL1) with a
thermal engine, this study documents that steep isopycnals result in submesoscale …

Submesoscale dynamic processes in the South China Sea

Z Zhang - Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2024 - spj.science.org
The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea in the northwestern Pacific, and it is
known for its complex multiscale dynamic processes, including basin-scale circulations …

[HTML][HTML] Submesoscale eddies in eastern Guangdong identified using high-frequency radar observations

C Huang, L Zeng, D Wang, Q Wang, P Wang… - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2023 - Elsevier
The statistical characteristics and mechanism underlying the generation of submesoscale
eddies in eastern Guangdong were examined using high-frequency radar (HFR) …