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| Le Corre, Mathieu; Gula, Jonathan; Tréguier, Anne-marie. |
| The circulation in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre is complex and strongly influenced by the topography. The gyre dynamics are traditionally understood as the result of a topographic Sverdrup balance, which corresponds to a first-order balance between the planetary vorticity advection, the bottom pressure torque, and the wind stress curl. However, these dynamics have been studied mostly with non-eddy-resolving models and a crude representation of the bottom topography. Here we revisit the barotropic vorticity balance of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre using a new eddy-resolving simulation (with a grid space of ≈2 km) with topography-following vertical coordinates to better represent the mesoscale turbulence and flow–topography interactions. Our findings... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00629/74062/73537.pdf |
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| Renault, Lionel; Molemaker, Maarten Jeroen; Gula, Jonathan; Masson, Sebastien; Mcwilliams, James C.. |
| The Gulf Stream (GS) is known to have a strong influence on climate, for example, by transporting heat from the tropics to higher latitudes. Although the GS transport intensity presents a clear interannual variability, satellite observations reveal its mean path is stable. Numerical models can simulate some characteristics of the mean GS path, but persistent biases keep the GS separation and postseparation unstable and therefore unrealistic. This study investigates how the integration of ocean surface currents into the ocean–atmosphere coupling interface of numerical models impacts the GS. The authors show for the first time that the current feedback, through its eddy killing effect, stabilizes the GS separation and postseparation, resolving long-lasting... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46879/46760.pdf |
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| Desbruyeres, Damien; Mercier, Herle; Thierry, Virginie; Lherminier, Pascale; Gula, Jonathan; Cyr, F; Kieke, D; Holliday, P; Smeed, D. |
| An observational experimental setup will be proposed to investigate the dynamics and thermodynamics of the deep western boundary current in the “transition zone” of the North Atlantic, around Flemish Cap, Newfoundland. Located between the international RAPID and OSNAP mooring arrays, this region represents a unique choke point for most of the North Atlantic large-scale currents and water masses involved in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Horizontal export and latitudinal coherence, water mass transformation and vertical motions, as well as shelf-slope-interior exchanges will be studied with repeat hydrography, moorings, drifting and profiling floats, and gliders. Multidisciplinary approaches are likely, including biogeochemistry and... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00503/61502/65316.pdf |
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| Renault, Lionel; Mcwilliams, James C.; Gula, Jonathan. |
| Oceanic submesoscale currents (SMCs) occur on an scale of 0.1-10 km horizontally and have a large influence on the oceanic variability and on ecosystems. At the mesoscale (10-250 km), oceanic thermal and current feedbacks are known to have a significant influence on the atmosphere and on oceanic dynamics. However, air-sea interactions at the submesoscale are not well known because the small size of SMCs presents observational and simulation barriers. Using high-resolution coupled oceanic and atmospheric models for the Central California region during the upwelling season, we show that the current feedback acting through the surface stress dominates the thermal feedback effect on the ocean and dampens the SMC variability by approximate to 17% +/- 4%. As for... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00456/56804/58672.pdf |
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| Lahaye, Noe; Gula, Jonathan; Thurnherr, Andreas M.; Reverdin, Gilles; Bouruet-aubertot, Pascale; Roullet, Guillaume. |
| Over mid-ocean ridges, the interaction between the currents and the topography gives rise to complex flows, which drive the transport properties of biogeochemical constituents, and especially those associated with hydrothermal vents, thus impacting associated ecosystems. This paper describes the circulation in the rift valley along the Azores sector of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge, using a combination of in-situ data from several surveys and realistic high-resolution modeling. It confirms the presence of a mean deep current with an up-valley branch intensified along the right inner flank of the valley (looking downstream), and a weaker down-valley branch flowing at shallower depth along the opposite flank. The hydrographic properties of the rift-valley... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep currents; Transport; Deep turbulence; Internal waves and tides; Realistic modeling; In situ observation. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69630/67486.pdf |
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| Wenegrat, Jacob O.; Thomas, Leif N.; Gula, Jonathan; Mcwilliams, James C.. |
| Non-conservative processes change the potential vorticity (PV) of the upper ocean, and later, through the subduction of surface waters into the interior, affect the general ocean circulation. Here we focus on how boundary layer turbulence, in the presence of submesoscale horizontal buoyancy gradients, generates a source of potential vorticity at the ocean surface through a balance known as the Turbulent ThermalWind. This source of PV injection at the submesoscale can be of similar magnitude to PV fluxes from the wind and surface buoyancy fluxes, and hence can lead to a net injection of PV onto outcropped isopycnals even during periods of surface buoyancy loss. The significance of these dynamics is illustrated using a high-resolution realistic model of the... |
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Palavras-chave: Ageostrophic circulations; Atmosphere-ocean interaction; Fronts; Ocean dynamics; Potential vorticity; Boundary layer. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00452/56347/57937.pdf |
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| Cunha, Marina; Génio, Luciana; Pradillon, Florence; Clavel Henry, Morane; Beaulieu, Stace; Birch, James; Campuzano, Francisco; Carretón, Marta; De Leo, Fabio; Gula, Jonathan; Laming, Sven; Lindsay, Dhugal; Matos, Fábio; Metaxas, Anna; Meyer-kaiser, Kirstin; Mills, Susan; Queiroga, Henrique; Rodrigues, Clara; Sarrazin, Jozee; Watanabe, Hiromi; Young, Robert; Young, Craig. |
| Recent advances in technology have enabled an unprecedented development of underwater research, extending from near shore to the deepest regions of the globe. However, monitoring of biodiversity is not fully implemented in political agendas and biological observations in the deep ocean have been even more limited in space and time. The Foresight Workshop on Advances in Ocean Biological Observations: a sustained system for deep-ocean meroplankton was convened to to foster advances in the knowledge on deep-ocean invertebrate larval distributions and improve our understanding of fundamental deep-ocean ecological processes such as connectivity and resilience of benthic communities to natural and human-induced disturbance. This Meroplankton Observations... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep-ocean observations; Meroplankton; Connectivity; Underwater technology. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00629/74138/73665.pdf |
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| De Marez, Charly; Lahaye, Noe; Gula, Jonathan. |
| The generation of lee waves in the Gulf Stream along the U.S. seaboard is investigated using high resolution realistic simulations. The model reproduces the surface signature of the waves, which compares favourably with observations from satellite sun glitter images in the region. In particular, a large number of internal waves are observed above the Charleston Bump. These waves match well with the linear theory describing topographically-generated internal waves, which can be used to estimate the associated vertical transport of momentum and energy extracted from the mean flow. Finally, small scale topographic features are shown to have a significant impact on the mean flow in this region of the Gulf Stream, and the specific role of lee waves in this... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00609/72075/70786.pdf |
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| Lahaye, Noe; Gula, Jonathan; Roullet, Guillaume. |
| Internal tides are a predominant source of high‐frequency variability and diapycnal mixing in the ocean. Understanding their dynamics and lifecycle is necessary to better understand their role in the ocean circulation. In this paper, we describe and quantify internal tide generation, propagation and dissipation in a sector of the North Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, using high‐resolution numerical simulations with realistic bathymetry and stratification. We show that the generation and dissipation of internal tides, as well as the distribution of internal tides amongst vertical modes, exhibit high spatial variability. We find that topographic scattering leads to a significant transfer of energy towards high vertical modes and thereby enhances internal tide... |
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Palavras-chave: Energy dissipation & Mixing; Internal tides; Internal waves; Topographic scattering. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00658/77003/78259.pdf |
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| Morel, Yves; Gula, Jonathan; Ponte, Aurelien. |
| Taking advantage of alternative expressions for potential vorticity (PV) in divergence forms, we derive balances between volume integral of PV and boundary conditions, that are then applied to practical computations of PV: • we propose a new method for diagnosing the Ertel potential vorticity from model output, that preserves the balances; • we show how the expression of PV can be derived in general coordinate systems. This is here emphasised with isopycnic coordinates by generalising the PV expression to the general Navier-Stokes equations; • we propose a generalised derivation for the Haynes-McIntyre impermeability theorem, which highlights the role of the bottom boundary condition choice (e.g. no-slip vs free-slip) and mixing near the bottom boundary... |
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Palavras-chave: Potential vorticity; Boundary conditions; General circulation; Vortex; Fronts; Boundary layers. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00494/60525/63988.pdf |
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| Lahaye, Noe; Gula, Jonathan; Roullet, Guillaume. |
| The upper ocean is energetic at scales below the Rossby deformation radius owing to the existence of internal waves and submesoscale fronts and vortices. These contribute significantly to energy dissipation, tracer mixing and exchanges between the ocean surface layer, the ocean interior, and the atmospheric boundary layer. Internal waves and submesoscale motions both undergo strong spatial and seasonal variations, driven by different mechanisms. Here, we investigate the sea surface signature of internal waves and its seasonality using linear wave theory and a high‐resolution realistic simulation. In summer, internal waves are greatly amplified near the surface mostly due to a thin mixed layer bounded by a seasonal pycnocline. This surface amplification is... |
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Palavras-chave: Internal tide; Submesosacle dynamics; Seasonality. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00486/59746/62847.pdf |
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| Ardhuin, Fabrice; Gille, Sarah T.; Menemenlis, Dimitris; Rocha, Cesar B.; Rascle, Nicolas; Chapron, Bertrand; Gula, Jonathan; Molemaker, Jeroen. |
| Tidal currents and large-scale oceanic currents are known to modify ocean wave properties, causing extreme sea states that are a hazard to navigation. Recent advances in the understanding and modeling capability of open ocean currents have revealed the ubiquitous presence of eddies, fronts and filaments at scales 10 to 100∼km. Based on realistic numerical models, we show that these structures can be the main source of variability in significant wave heights at scales less than 200 km, including important variations down to 10 km. Model results are consistent with wave height variations along satellite altimeter tracks, resolved at scales larger than 50 km. The spectrum of significant wave heights is found to be of the order of 70〈Hs〉2/(g2〈Tm0,-1〉2) times... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49328/49708.pdf |
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| Gula, Jonathan; Blacic, Tanya M.; Todd, Robert E.. |
| Seismic images and glider sections of the Gulf Stream front along the U.S. eastern seaboard capture deep, lens‐shaped submesoscale features. These features have radii of 5–20 km, thicknesses of 150–300 m, and are located at depths greater than 500 m. These are typical signatures of anticyclonic submesoscale coherent vortices. A submesoscale‐resolving realistic simulation, which reproduces submesoscale coherent vortices with the same characteristics, is used to analyze their generation mechanism. Submesoscale coherent vortices are primarily generated where the Gulf Stream meets the Charleston Bump, a deep topographic feature, due to the frictional effects and intense mixing in the wake of the topography. These submesoscale coherent vortices can transport... |
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Palavras-chave: Submesoscale coherent vortices; Glider; Seismic observations; Gulf Stream; Topographic interactions; Charleston Bump. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00484/59597/62599.pdf |
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| Klymak, Jody M.; Shearman, R. Kipp; Gula, Jonathan; Lee, Craig M.; D'Asaro, Eric A.; Thomas, Leif N.; Harcourt, Ramsey R.; Shcherbina, Andrey Y.; Sundermeyer, Miles A.; Molemaker, Jeroen; Mcwilliams, James C.. |
| The Gulf Stream is a major conduit of warm surface water from the tropics to the subpolar North Atlantic. Here we observe and simulate a submesoscale (<20km) mechanism by which the Gulf Stream exchanges water with subpolar water to the north. Along isopycnals, the front has a sharp compensated temperature-salinity contrast, with distinct mixed water between the two water masses 2 and 4km wide. This mixed water does not increase downstream despite substantial energy available for mixing. A series of streamers detrain this water at the crest of meanders. Subpolar water replaces the mixed water and resharpens the front. The water mass exchange accounts for a northward flux of salt of 0.5-2.5 psum(2)s(-1), (large-scale diffusivity O (100m(2)s(-1))). This is... |
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Palavras-chave: Ocean mixing; Gulf Stream; Submesoscale mixing; Eddies. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00600/71201/69570.pdf |
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| Mcwilliams, James C.; Gula, Jonathan; Molemaker, Maarten Jeroen. |
| Eastward zonal jets are common in the ocean and atmosphere, for example, the Gulf Stream and jet stream. They are characterized by atypically strong horizontal velocity, baroclinic vertical structure with an upward flow intensification, large change in the density stratification meridionally across the jet, large-scale meanders around a central latitude, narrow troughs and broad crests, and a sharp and vertically sloping northern (poleward) "wall" defined by horizontal maxima in the lateral gradients of both velocity and density. Measurements and realistic oceanic simulations show these features in the Gulf Stream downstream from its western boundary separation point. A diagnostic theory based on the conservative balance equations is developed to calculate... |
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Palavras-chave: Ageostrophic circulations; Frontogenesis/frontolysis; Ocean models. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00486/59786/62925.pdf |
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| Morvan, Mathieu; L'Hégaret, Pierre; Carton, Xavier; Gula, Jonathan; Vic, Clement; Sokolovskiy, Mikhail; Koshel, Konstantin. |
| The Persian Gulf Water and Red Sea Water are salty and dense waters recirculating at subsurface in the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden respectively, under the influence of mesoscale eddies which dominate the surface flow in both semi-enclosed basins. In situ measurements combined with altimetry indicate that the Persian Gulf Water is driven by mesoscale eddies in the form of filaments and submesoscale structures. In this paper, we study the formation and the life cycle of intense submesoscale vortices and their impact on the spread of Persian Gulf Water and Red Sea Water. We use a three-dimensional hydrostatic model with submesoscale-resolving resolution to study the evolution of submesoscale vortices. Our configuration is an idealized version of the... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00589/70153/68140.pdf |
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