Mesoscale

Dissipation of mesoscale eddies at a western boundary via a direct energy cascade
The fate of mesoscale eddy kinetic energy represents a large source of uncertainty in the global ocean energy budget. Satellite …
D. Gwyn Evans , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
January 2022 Scientific Reports
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Dissipation of mesoscale eddies at a western boundary via a direct energy cascade
Kinetic Energy Transfers between Mesoscale and Submesoscale Motions in the Open Ocean’s Upper Layers
Mesoscale eddies contain the bulk of the ocean’s kinetic energy (KE), but fundamental questions remain on the cross-scale KE transfers …
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato , X. Yu , J. Callies , R. Barkan , Kurt L. Polzin , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Others
January 2022 J. Phys. Ocean.
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Kinetic Energy Transfers between Mesoscale and Submesoscale Motions in the Open Ocean’s Upper Layers
Mesoscale eddy dissipation by a zoo of submesoscale processes at a western boundary
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous dynamical features that tend to propagate westward and disappear along ocean western boundaries. Using …
D. Gwyn Evans , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Alberto C. Naveira Garabato , Kurt L. Polzin , Alex Forryan
November 2020 J. Geophys. Res.
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Mesoscale eddy dissipation by a zoo of submesoscale processes at a western boundary
Breaking of internal waves and turbulent dissipation in an anticyclonic mode water eddy
A 4-month glider mission was analyzed to assess turbulent dissipation in an anticyclonic eddy at the western boundary of the …
Bieito Fernandez-Castro , D. Gwyn Evans , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Clement Vic , Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
July 2020 J. Phys. Ocean.
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Breaking of internal waves and turbulent dissipation in an anticyclonic mode water eddy
Topographic Eddies
This is a article on flow over topography named “Topographic eddies”. It covers the theory behind flow interactions with topography …
Eleanor Frajka-Williams
March 2019 Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
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Topographic Eddies
Loop Current variability as trigger of coherent Gulf Stream transport anomalies
Joel J.-M. Hirschi , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Adam T. Blaker , Bablu Sinha , P. Hyder , Andrew Coward , Others
January 2019 J. Phys. Ocean.
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Loop Current variability as trigger of coherent Gulf Stream transport anomalies
Generation of Internal Waves by Eddies Impinging on the Western Boundary of the North Atlantic
Despite the major role played by mesoscale eddies in redistributing the energy of the large-scale circulation, our understanding of …
Louis Clement , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Katy L. Sheen , J. Alex Brearley , Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
April 2016 J. Phys. Ocean.
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Generation of Internal Waves by Eddies Impinging on the Western Boundary of the North Atlantic
Vertical structure of eddies and Rossby waves and their effect on the Atlantic MOC at 26.5°N
The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) at inline image in the Atlantic has a standard deviation of 4.9 Sv and contains large …
Louis Clément , Eleanor Frajka-Williams , Zoltan B. Szuts , Stuart A. Cunningham
September 2014 J. Geophys. Res.
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Vertical structure of eddies and Rossby waves and their effect on the Atlantic MOC at 26.5°N
The effect of eddies and Rossby waves on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5◦N and their decay at the western boundary.
The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) at 26.5◦N in the Atlantic has a standard devia- tion of 4.9 Sv and contains large …
Louis Clement
July 2014 University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science PhD Theses
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The effect of eddies and Rossby waves on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5◦N and their decay at the western boundary.
Eddy impacts on the Florida Current
The Gulf Stream in the Atlantic carries warm water northwards and forms both the return closure of the subtropical gyre as well as the …
Eleanor Frajka-Williams , William E. Johns , Chris S. Meinen , Lisa M. Beal , Stuart A. Cunningham
January 2013 Geophys. Res. Lett.
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Eddy impacts on the Florida Current