Scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new diagnostic framework to better understand and analyze the intricate isoneutral oceanic mesoscale eddy transport ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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Mesoscale eddies are essential for the distribution of thermohaline and biochemical properties, and act as a bridge for the energy cascade between large-scale circulation and submesoscale dynamical processes.
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small armada of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean's shapeshifting physics.
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2022
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Ocean general circulation models (OGCMs) have become increasingly important for understanding oceanic dynamic processes and ocean environment forecasting. In recent decades, OGCMs have been developed with finer resolution ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2022
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Ocean currents, propelled by kinetic energy from the wind, are the great moderators of our climate. By transferring heat from the equator to polar regions, they help make our planet habitable.
General Physics
Nov 11, 2021
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Ocean currents, propelled by kinetic energy from the wind, are the great moderators of our climate. By transferring heat from the equator to polar regions, they help make our planet habitable.
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2021
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The 200-mile zone that hugs the curvature of the coast bursts with life, from phytoplankton to whales. Out in the open ocean, this activity is comparatively diminished. Understanding how coastal water is moved offshore fertilizing ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 5, 2019
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Modeling the 3-D structure of Red Sea eddies shows how transport of energy and biochemical materials influences circulation patterns in the Red Sea.
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2019
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Brown University researchers have made a key insight into how high-resolution ocean models simulate the dissipation of turbulence in the global ocean. Their research, published in Physical Review Letters, could be helpful ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2018
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Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a computer model that clarifies the complex processes driving ocean mixing in the vast eddies that swirl across hundreds of miles of open ocean.
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2015
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