On the role of seamounts in upwelling deep-ocean waters through turbulent mixing

A Mashayek, J Gula, LE Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Turbulent mixing in the ocean exerts an important control on the rate and structure of the
overturning circulation. However, the balance of processes underpinning this mixing is …

Vertical interaction between NBC rings and its implications for South Atlantic Water export

DC Napolitano, X Carton, J Gula - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Northwestward‐propagating North Brazil Current (NBC) Rings are often destroyed
upon reaching the Caribbean islands, carrying South Atlantic waters into the North Atlantic …

Topographically Generated Submesoscale Shear Instabilities Associated with Brazil Current Meanders

CD Luko, CZ Lazaneo, ICA Silveira… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The western boundary current system off southeastern Brazil is composed of the poleward-
flowing Brazil Current (BC) in the upper 300 m and the equatorward flowing Intermediate …

[HTML][HTML] Inelastic interactions between a small, intense dipole and a large, weak, neutral monopole

PRR de Ayreflor, A Viúdez - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
Inelastic interactions between a small, intense dipole and a weak, neutral monopole in two-
dimensional flows are analysed. The neutral vortex has vanishing exterior potential flow and …

Characteristics of submesoscale eddy structures within mesoscale eddies in the Gulf of Mexico from 1/48° ECCO estimates

PA Ernst, B Subrahmanyam, CB Trott… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Submesoscale oceanic structures (< 10-20 km) such as eddies and fronts are often difficult
to describe given the influence of the mesoscale. In order to characterize the surface …

Simulated larvae dispersion of the invasive sun-coral (Tubastrea spp.) along Rio de Janeiro's coast: the role of submesoscale filaments on offshore transport and …

L Calado, B Cosensa, FLP Moraes, C Dias Luko… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The spread of invasive species in marine ecosystems is a growing global concern,
particularly in regions with high economic and ecological importance. sun corals …

The Circulation On The Rio Grande Rise: Mean Flow, Internal Tides, and Eddies

PWM Souza-Neto - 2022 - teses.usp.br
The Rio Grande Rise (RGR) is an aseismic oceanic elevation with an approximately circular
shape in the South Atlantic Ocean, whose center is located at about 31° S and 35° W. The …