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Cessation of Labrador Sea Convection Triggered by Distinct Fresh and Warm (Sub)Mesoscale Flows
By ventilating the deep ocean, deep convection in the Labrador Sea plays a crucial role in the climate system. Unfortunately, the …
Louis Clement
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Eleanor Frajka-Williams
,
Nicolai von Oppeln-Bronikowski
,
I. Goszczko
,
Brad de Young
July 2023
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
terific
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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
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X. Yu
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J. Callies
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R. Barkan
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Kurt L. Polzin
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Eleanor Frajka-Williams
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others
January 2022
J. Phys. Ocean.
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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
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Eleanor Frajka-Williams
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Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
,
Kurt L. Polzin
,
Alex Forryan
November 2020
J. Geophys. Res.
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Rapid mixing and exchange of deep-ocean waters in an abyssal boundary current
The overturning circulation of the global ocean is regulated by deep-ocean mixing, which transforms cold waters sinking at high …
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
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Eleanor Frajka-Williams
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Carl P. Spingys
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Sonya Legg
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Kurt L. Polzin
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Alex Forryan
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E. Povl Abrahamsen
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Christian E. Buckingham
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Stephen M. Griffies
,
Stephen D. McPhail
,
Keith W. Nicholls
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Leif N. Thomas
,
Mike P. Meredith
January 2019
PNAS
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Horizontal stratification during Deep convection in the Labrader Sea
Deep convection—the process by which surface waters are mixed down to 1000 m or deeper—forms the primary downwelling of the meridional …
Eleanor Frajka-Williams
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Peter B. Rhines
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Charles C. Eriksen
January 2014
J. Phys. Ocean.
terific
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