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Eddies and mesoscale processes

3 plots from the paper
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International Collaboration Yields Unique Climate Simulations

by P. Caldwell 29 January 202125 January 2021

Porting and optimizing CESM1.3 to run on the TaihuLight computer enabled an astounding 750 years of simulation with 0.25° grid spacing for land & atmosphere and 0.1° grid spacing for ocean & sea ice.

Iceberg floating in the Arctic Ocean
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El Cambio Climático Está Intensificando las Corrientes Oceánicas del Ártico

by Hannah Thomasy 16 April 20206 May 2020

El derretimiento del hielo significa que los fuertes vientos del Ártico están creando corrientes más energéticas en el giro de Beaufort.

Iceberg floating in the Arctic Ocean
Posted inNews

Climate Change Is Intensifying Arctic Ocean Currents

by Hannah Thomasy 3 March 202028 September 2021

Melting ice means that strong Arctic winds create more energetic currents in the Beaufort Gyre.

NASA visualization of dozens of eddies in the Atlantic Ocean
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What’s the True Shape of An Ocean Eddy?

by Jenessa Duncombe 25 July 201928 September 2021

Ocean eddies spin round and round, but not in a perfect circle.

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Wrinkles and Bumps in the Gulf Stream

by A. M. Hogg 25 March 201922 March 2019

Observations of tiny vortices in the ocean interior provide hints of a dynamic richness of the deep ocean that we are yet to fully appreciate.

A satellite image of the Gulf Stream slicing across a turbulent western North Atlantic Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Eddies Influence Productivity in the Subtropical Open Ocean

by Sarah Stanley 13 February 2019

Ocean eddies may help recycle nutrients within giant current systems that encircle “desert” surface waters.

Artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
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Scientists Invited to Collaborate in Satellite Mission’s Debut

by R. Morrow, L.-L. Fu, F. D’Ovidio and J. T. Farrar 2 January 201914 February 2019

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will begin by scanning Earth’s surface once a day. We invite ocean scientists to contribute ground-based measurements to compare with the satellite data.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077527
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Smaller Eddies Found Within Eddies

by J. Sprintall 27 August 2018

A glider survey observed three small eddies embedded within a larger scale eddy associated with the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico.

Western boundary current off Florida
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Energetics of Western Boundary Current Surface Flows Are Similar

by J. Sprintall 31 July 2018

Despite different wind forcing and air-sea heating conditions, the surface layer energetics of two Western Boundary Current systems in different ocean basins are surprisingly similar.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Two Paired Eddies Travel Faster and Further Than One

by J. Sprintall 2 February 2018

The first observational evidence of dipole eddy pairs (modons) in the southern midlatitude ocean reveals that they move faster, live longer, and travel greater distances compared to single eddies.

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