[HTML][HTML] Near-slope turbulence in a Rockall canyon

H Van Haren, G Voet, MH Alford… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The acknowledgement of the importance of small-scale turbulent mixing for the redistribution
of heat, nutrients and suspended matter in the ocean has led to renewed interest in the …

Abyssal slope currents

E Capó, JC McWilliams, J Gula… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Realistic computational simulations in different oceanic basins reveal prevalent prograde
mean flows (in the direction of topographic Rossby wave propagation along isobaths; aka …

Submesoscale processes fueled by the Kuroshio in the Tokara Strait

J Chen, XH Zhu, H Nakamura, R Zhao… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Submesoscale processes are essential in balancing global oceanic energy cascades and
stimulating air–sea communications. However, measurements of submesoscale turbulence …

Variability of the bottom boundary layer induced by the dynamics of the cross‐isobath transport over a variable shelf

W Cheng, J Gan - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The bottom boundary layer (BBL) dynamics play an important role in regulating the energy,
momentum balance, and circulation in the shallow shelf areas. Unlike previous studies that …

Deep mesoscale and submesoscale circulations around the Atlantis II seamount

M McKinley, D Sun, M Kelly, KG Sabra… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the complex interactions between the North Atlantic Current (NAC)
and the New England Seamount chain, focusing on the Atlantis II seamount. Employing a …

What is glacier sliding

R Law, D Chandler, A Born - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.13577, 2024 - arxiv.org
Glacier and ice-sheet motion is fundamental to glaciology. However, there is still no clear
consensus for the optimal way to describe glacier and ice-sheet sliding. Typically, sliding is …