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| Yu, Xiaolong; Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; Martin, Adrian P; Evans, D. Gwyn; Su, Zhan. |
| Mooring and glider observations and a high‐resolution satellite sea surface temperature image reveal features of a transient submesoscale front in a typical mid‐ocean region of the Northeast Atlantic. Analysis of the observations suggests that the front is forced by downfront winds and undergoes symmetric instability, resulting in elevated upper‐ocean kinetic energy, re‐stratification and turbulent dissipation. The instability is triggered as downfront winds act on weak upper‐ocean vertical stratification and strong lateral stratification produced by mesoscale frontogenesis. The instability's estimated rate of kinetic energy extraction from the front accounts for the difference between the measured rate of turbulent dissipation and the predicted... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00514/62521/66828.pdf |
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