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Lapeyre, Guillaume; Klein, Patrice. |
Oceanic mesoscale eddies (with a diameter of 50-100 km) are known to be associated with significant vertical tracer fluxes in the upper few hundred meters. In particular, they are important for the biogeochemical system, accounting for 20-30% of the vertical nutrient transport. However, estimates of the global tracer fluxes neglect the role played by thin elongated filaments (with a width of 5-10 km). These sub-mesoscale structures are produced by eddy interactions and ubiquitous in regions between eddies. We use a Surface Quasi-Geostrophic model to quantify their impact on the net vertical tracer flux into the surface layers. We show that eddy interactions are an important source of tracer injection because they lead to the production of filaments and to... |
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Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2459.pdf |
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Klein, Patrice; Lapeyre, Guillaume; Large, Wg. |
Recent findings have highlighted the impact of high frequency (HF) winds on the inertial motions and the consequences on the large-scale oceanic circulation [Wunsch and Ferrari, 2004]. Within this context the present study focuses on the role of intermediate scales related to oceanic mesoscale eddies. Results show that a turbulent eddy field does not affect the impact of HF winds on the inertial motions. However the eddies efficiently and permanently concentrate the wind-forced inertial motions in small-scale anticyclonic structures. This leads to a spatially heterogeneous vertical mixing strongly related to the eddy field properties. |
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Ano: 2004 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/10838/9262.pdf |
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Siegelman, Lia; Klein, Patrice; Thompson, Andrew F.; Torres, Hector S.; Menemenlis, Dimitris. |
Recent studies demonstrate that energetic sub-mesoscale fronts (10–50 km width) extend in the ocean interior, driving large vertical velocities and associated fluxes. However, diagnosing the dynamics of these deep-reaching fronts from in situ observations remains challenging because of the lack of information on the 3-D structure of the horizontal velocity. Here, a realistic numerical simulation in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is used to study the dynamics of submesocale fronts in relation to velocity gradients, responsible for the formation of these fronts. Results highlight that the stirring properties of the flow at depth, which are related to the velocity gradients, can be inferred from finite-size Lyapunov exponent (FSLE) at the surface.... |
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Palavras-chave: Altimetry; Finite-size Lyapunov exponent; Ocean dynamics; Sub-mesoscale. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00645/75666/76532.pdf |
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Komori, N; Ohfuchi, W; Taguchi, B; Sasaki, H; Klein, Patrice. |
In order to investigate the deep ocean inertia-gravity waves, a high-resolution global coupled atmosphere-ocean simulation is carried out with a coupling interval of 20 minutes. Large (similar to 10(-3) m s(-1)) root-mean-square variability of vertical velocity is found in middepths (2000-4000 m), which is not reported in previous studies using realistic ocean simulations. Horizontal distribution of the large variability roughly corresponds to the wintertime atmospheric storm tracks and is stretched equatorward due to beta-dispersion in open ocean with some "shadow regions'' behind the obstacles. Frequency spectrum of vertical velocity has strong peaks at around f and 2f (f is the local inertial period) in midlatitudes, and has additional peak at around... |
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Palavras-chave: Coupled atmosphere ocean model; Deep ocean; Inertia gravity wave. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3825.pdf |
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Hua, Bach-lien; Klein, Patrice; Lapeyre, Guillaume. |
Geophysical turbulent fluids are characterized by the presence of organized energetic structures which control tracer transport and stirring, while enabling a tracer cascade down to the smallest scales. In order to understand the physical mechanisms involved in this turbulent tracer cascade, we focus on the dynamics underlying the formation of tracer gradients which are necessarily associated to this cascade. We show that the dynamics of tracer gradients in physical space is mainly governed by their orientation with respect to the compressional eigenvector of the strain tensor. This relative angle results from the competition between strain and the "effective rotation" (due to both vorticity and rotation of strain axes). The implication is that tracer... |
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Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00067/17786/15309.pdf |
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Qiu, Bo; Nakano, Toshiya; Chen, Shuiming; Klein, Patrice. |
With radar interferometry, the next-generation Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission will improve the measured sea surface height resolution down to 15 km, allowing us to investigate for the first time the global upper ocean variability at the submesoscale range. Here, by analysing shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measurements along 137 degrees E in the northwest Pacific of 2004-2016, we show that the observed upper ocean velocities are comprised of balanced geostrophic flows and unbalanced internal waves. The transition length scale, L-t, separating these two motions, is found to depend strongly on the energy level of local mesoscale eddy variability. In the eddy-abundant western boundary current region of Kuroshio, L-t can be... |
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Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00368/47935/47962.pdf |
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Klein, Patrice. |
A rather simple one-dimensional unsteady model similar to Mellor and Durbin (1975) is used to study the effects of the time variability of meteorological inputs on the evolution of the thermal stratification of marine upper layers. The physical implications of such a model are discussed, particularly with respect to the results obtained in a number of typical situations. The thermal structure of the marine upper layers in the Gulf of Lion during the COFRASOY II expedition was also simulated. Although the model is not able to reproduce all details of the marine environment, the mixed-layer deepening and sea surface temperature are predicted rather well from the known meteorological parameters. It appears in conclusion that the most important... |
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Ano: 1980 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00254/36570/35124.pdf |
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Danioux, Eric; Vanneste, J.; Klein, Patrice; Sasaki, H.. |
The spontaneous generation of inertia-gravity waves (IGWs) by surface-intensified, nearly balanced motion is examined using a high-resolution simulation of the primitive equations in an idealized oceanic configuration. At large scale and mesoscale, the dynamics, which is driven by baroclinic instability near the surface, is balanced and qualitatively well described by the surface quasi-geostrophic model. This however predicts an increase of the Rossby number with decreasing spatial scales and, hence, a breakdown of balance at small scale; the generation of IGWs is a consequence of this breakdown. The wave field is analysed away from the surface, at depths where the associated vertical velocities are of the same order as those associated with the balanced... |
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Palavras-chave: Internal waves; Quasi-geostrophic flows; Wave-turbulence interactions. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00083/19437/17389.pdf |
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Pujol, M-i; Dibarboure, G.; Le Traon, Pierre-yves; Klein, Patrice. |
An Ocean System Simulation Experiment is used to quantify the observing capability of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission and its contribution to higher-quality reconstructed sea level anomaly (SLA) fields using optimal interpolation. The paper focuses on the potential of SWOT for mesoscale observation (wavelengths larger than 100 km and time periods larger than 10 days) and its ability to replace or complement altimetry for classical mesoscale applications. For mesoscale variability, the wide swath from SWOT provides an unprecedented sampling capability. SWOT alone would enable the regional surface signal reconstruction as precisely as a four-altimeter constellation would, in regions where temporal sampling is optimum. For some specifics... |
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Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00101/21192/18818.pdf |
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Riviere, Pascal; Klein, Patrice. |
Following some recent linear and nonlinear studies the authors examine, using numerical simulations of a classical two-layer model, the effect of an asymmetric friction on the nonlinear equilibrium of moderately unstable baroclinic systems, The results show that the presence of an asymmetric friction leads to a significant wave scale selection: ''long'' waves (in terms of their zonal wavelengths) emerge with a traditional asymmetric friction (with the upper layer less viscous than the lower layer), while only ''short'' waves dominate with a nontraditional asymmetric friction (with the lower layer less viscous than the upper layer). The role of the nonlinear interactions and. more precisely, the effects of an asymmetric friction on the wave-mean flow and... |
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Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00336/44705/44915.pdf |
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Qiu, Bo; Chen, Shuiming; Klein, Patrice; Sasaki, Hideharu; Sasai, Yoshikazu. |
Located at the center of the western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the Subtropical Countercurrent (STCC) is not only abundant in mesoscale eddies, but also exhibits prominent submesoscale eddy features. Output from a 1/30 degrees high-resolution OGCM simulation and a gridded satellite altimetry product are analyzed to contrast the seasonal STCC variability in the mesoscale versus submesoscale ranges. Resolving the eddy scales of >150 km, the altimetry product reveals that the STCC eddy kinetic energy and rms vorticity have a seasonal maximum in May and April, respectively, a weak positive vorticity skewness without seasonal dependence, and an inverse (forward) kinetic energy cascade for wavelengths larger (shorter) than 250 km. In contrast, the... |
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Palavras-chave: Circulation/ Dynamics; Eddies; Instability; Mesoscale processes; Observational techniques and algorithms; Altimetry; Models and modeling; Ocean models; Variability; Seasonal variability. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00245/35588/34142.pdf |
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Levy, Marina; Klein, Patrice; Treguier, Anne-marie. |
Using a protocol of numerical experiments where horizontal resolution is progressively increased, we show that small-scale (or sub-mesoscale) physics has a strong impact on both mesoscale physics and phytoplankton production/subduction.Mesoscale and sub-mesoscale physics result from the nonlinear equilibration of an unstable baroclinic jet. The biogeochemical context is oligotrophy. The explicitly resolved sub-mesoscales, at least smaller than one fifth of the internal Rossby radius of deformation, reinforce the mesoscale eddy field and contribute to double the primary production and phytoplankton subduction budgets. This enhancement is due to the reinforced mesoscale physics and is also achieved by the small-scale frontal dynamics. This sub-mesoscale... |
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Palavras-chave: Oligotrophy; Phytoplankton production; Vorticity gradient; Eddy field; Mesoscale physics. |
Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-800.pdf |
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Azevedo Correia, Joao Marcos; De Boyer Montegut, Clement; Cabanes, Cecile; Klein, Patrice. |
A method that combines vertical profiles from the ARGO floats program and satellite Sea Surface Height (SSH) data is used to reconstruct the vertical structure of the Agulhas rings. All eddies shed by the Agulhas retroflection in the period between January 2005 and December 2008 were successfully reconstructed. The velocity structures obtained are tilted and phase shifted in relation to the temperature anomalies, resulting in an annual mean eddy meridional heat flux across the ring paths of 0.062 +/- 0.012 PW (northward). A first order estimate indicates 0.07 PW entering the Atlantic from the Indian Ocean through Agulhas rings. The volume transport by Agulhas rings is believed to play a central role in the overturning circulation, being the main process... |
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Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00051/16221/13746.pdf |
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Torres, Hector S.; Klein, Patrice; Menemenlis, Dimitris; Qiu, Bo; Su, Zhan; Wang, Jinbo; Chen, Shuiming; Fu, Lee-lueng. |
Internal gravity waves (IGWs) and balanced motions (BMs) with scales < 100‐km capture most of the vertical velocity field in the upper ocean. They have, however, different impacts on the ocean energy budget, which explains the need to partition motions into BMs and IGWs. One way is to exploit the synergy of using different satellite observations, the only observations with global coverage and a reasonable spatial and temporal resolution. But we need first to characterize and understand their signatures on the different surface oceanic fields. This study addresses this issue by using an ocean global numerical simulation with high‐resolution (1/48o). Our methodology is based on the analysis of the 12,000 frequency‐wavenumber spectra to discriminate these... |
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Palavras-chave: Oceanic surface motions; Satellite observations; Balanced motions; Internal gravity waves. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00464/57568/59746.pdf |
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Lambaerts, J.; Lapeyre, Guillaume; Plougonven, R.; Klein, Patrice. |
Recent studies have revealed that strong sea surface temperature (SST) fronts, on the scale of a Western Boundary Current, significantly affect not just the Marine Boundary Layer but the entire troposphere. This has aroused renewed interest in air-sea interactions. The present study investigates the atmospheric response to fixed SST anomalies associated with mesoscale oceanic eddies and submesoscale filaments, using idealized simulations. Our main result is that in weak wind conditions, the vertical velocity in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is linearly proportional to the SST Laplacian. This is established by a quantitative analysis in the spatial space as well as in the spectral space. Comparing the responses to two different SST fields shows that... |
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Palavras-chave: Air-sea interactions; Boundary layer; Sea surface temperature. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00169/28047/26247.pdf |
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Ponte, Aurelien; Klein, Patrice. |
The non persistent phase relationship between internal tides and astronomical forcings, also known as incoherence, has been identified as a major question in the context of future wide-swath satellite altimetry. This study addresses this issue using a novel set of numerical experiments where a plane-wave/low-mode internal tide propagates through a turbulent mesoscale eddy field. These experiments demonstrate the emergence of internal tide incoherence as the eddy turbulence is strengthened. In strongly turbulent situations, the internal tide signature on sea level forms complex interference patterns with large amplifications of the initial internal wave. These patterns evolve more rapidly than the signature of the turbulent eddy field on sea level. The... |
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Palavras-chave: Internal tide; Wide-swath altimetry; Mesoscale turbulence; Incoherence. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00254/36571/35109.pdf |
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Klein, Patrice; Hua, Bach-lien; Le Gentil, Sylvie; Fruman, Mark; Menesguen, Claire; Sasaki, Hideharu. |
The big challenge of the next decade for the oceanic sciences is to adopt a multi-scale approach because of the strong nonlinearity of the oceanic fluid. This can be undertaken only through numerical simulations with ultra-high resolution. Within this context, the purpose of our project is to fully explore two energetic dynamical oceanic regimes that have a major impact on the general oceanic circulation: the mesoscale eddy regime at mid-latitudes and the equatorial regime. Results will help for the configuration of realistic numerical simulations to be performed in 2007-2008 by the OFES group on the Earth Simulator and also should benefit to future climate models. These studies make use of the Primitive Equations model ROMS (Regional Ocean Modelling... |
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Palavras-chave: Mesoscale oceanic eddies; Equatorial dynamics. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00067/17784/15307.pdf |
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Gommenginger, Christine; Chapron, Bertrand; Hogg, Andy; Buckingham, Christian; Fox-kemper, Baylor; Eriksson, Leif; Soulat, Francois; Ubelmann, Clément; Ocampo-torres, Francisco; Nardelli, Bruno Buongiorno; Griffin, David; Lopez-dekker, Paco; Knudsen, Per; Andersen, Ole; Stenseng, Lars; Stapleton, Neil; Perrie, William; Violante-carvalho, Nelson; Schulz-stellenfleth, Johannes; Woolf, David; Isern-fontanet, Jordi; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Klein, Patrice; Mouche, Alexis; Pascual, Ananda; Capet, Xavier; Hauser, Daniele; Stoffelen, Ad; Morrow, Rosemary; Aouf, Lotfi; Breivik, Øyvind; Fu, Lee-lueng; Johannessen, Johnny A.; Aksenov, Yevgeny; Bricheno, Lucy; Hirschi, Joel; Martin, Adrien Ch; Martin, Adiran P; Nurser, George; Polton, Jeff; Wolf, Judith; Johnsen, Harald; Soloviev, Alexander; Jacobs, Gregg A.; Collard, Fabrice; Groom, Steve; Kudryavtsev, Vladimir; Wilkin, John; Navarro, Victor; Babanin, Alex; Martin, Matthew; Siddorn, John; Saulter, Andrew; Rippeth, Tom; Emery, Bill; Maximenko, Nikolai; Romeiser, Roland; Graber, Hans; Azcarate, Aida Alvera; Hughes, Chris W.; Vandemark, Doug; Silva, Jose Da; Leeuwen, Peter Jan Van; Naveira-garabato, Alberto; Gemmrich, Johannes; Mahadevan, Amala; Marquez, Jose; Munro, Yvonne; Doody, Sam; Burbidge, Geoff. |
High-resolution satellite images of ocean color and sea surface temperature reveal an abundance of ocean fronts, vortices and filaments at scales below 10 km but measurements of ocean surface dynamics at these scales are rare. There is increasing recognition of the role played by small scale ocean processes in ocean-atmosphere coupling, upper-ocean mixing and ocean vertical transports, with advanced numerical models and in situ observations highlighting fundamental changes in dynamics when scales reach 1 km. Numerous scientific publications highlight the global impact of small oceanic scales on marine ecosystems, operational forecasts and long-term climate projections through strong ageostrophic circulations, large vertical ocean velocities and mixed layer... |
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Palavras-chave: Satellite; Air sea interactions; Upper ocean dynamics; Submesoscale; Coastal; Marginal ice zone; Radar; Along-track interferometry. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00510/62121/66325.pdf |
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Isern-fontanet, Jordi; Lapeyre, Guillaume; Klein, Patrice; Chapron, Bertrand; Hecht, M. |
The ability to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) dynamics of the ocean by an effective version of Surface Quasi-Geostrophy (eSQG) is examined. Using the fact that surface density plays an analogous role as interior potential vorticity (PV), the eSQG method consists in inverting the QG PV generated by sea-surface density only. We also make the extra assumption that sea-surface temperature (SST) anomalies fully represent surface density anomalies. This approach requires a single snapshot of SST and the setup of two parameters: the mean Brunt-Vaisala frequency and a parameter that determines the energy level at the ocean surface. The validity of this approach is tested using an Ocean General Circulation Model simulation representing the North Atlantic in... |
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Palavras-chave: 3D dynamics reconstruction; SST; Surface Quasi Geostrophy. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4620.pdf |
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