Disruptions in thermohaline staircases caused by subsurface mesoscale eddies in the eastern Caribbean Sea

S Yang, K Zhang, H Song, B Ruddick, M Liu… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Thermohaline staircases and mesoscale eddies play crucial roles in the transport of heat,
salt, and nutrients in the ocean, yet their complex relationship remains unclear due to the …

Characteristics of internal waves within thermohaline staircase region in the Caribbean Sea

M Liu, H Song, K Zhang, S Yang, L Meng - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermohaline staircases play a crucial role in the vertical transport of heat and salt in the
thermocline. However, there are few in-situ observations of internal waves within …

Distribution and characteristics of the subsurface eddies in the Aleutian Basin, Bering Sea

K Zhang, H Song, L Meng… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Subsurface eddies, characterized by their cores located within or below the pycnocline, can
transport materials over long distances in the ocean's interior. Observations of these eddies …

Energy transfer from internal solitary waves to turbulence via high-frequency internal waves: seismic observations in the northern South China Sea

L Meng, H Song, Y Guan, S Yang… - Nonlinear Processes …, 2024 - npg.copernicus.org
The shoaling and breaking of internal waves (IWs) are critical processes in the ocean's
energy cascade and mixing. Using seismic data, we observed high-frequency internal …

High-frequency Internal Waves, High-mode Nonlinear Waves and KH Billows on the South China Sea's Shelf Revealed by Marine Seismic Observation

L Meng, H Song, Y Guan, S Yang, K Zhang… - …, 2024 - egusphere.copernicus.org
From July to September 2009, a set of multi-channel seismic data was collected in the
northern shelf area of the South China Sea. After the data was processed, we observed a …