Oceanic Frontal Turbulence

Sullivan, Peter P.; McWilliams, James C.

doi:10.1175/jpo-d-23-0033.1

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Oceanic Frontal Turbulence

2024
By Sullivan, Peter P. ; McWilliams, James C.

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Journal Title:

Journal of Physical Oceanography
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Sullivan, Peter P. ; McWilliams, James C.
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OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
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Upper-ocean turbulence results from a complex set of interactions between submesoscale turbulence and local boundary layer processes. The interaction between larger-scale currents and turbulent fluctuations is two-way: large-scale shearing motions generate turbulence, and the resulting coherent turbulent fluxes of momentum and buoyancy feed back onto the larger flow. Here we examine the evolution and role of turbulence in the intensification, instability, arrest, and decay (i.e., the life cycle) of a dense filament undergoing frontogenesis in the upper-ocean boundary layer, i.e., cold filament frontogenesis (CFF).
Keywords:

Oceanography
Source:

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54(2), 333-358
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-23-0033.1
ISSN:

0022-3670 ; 1520-0485
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American Meteorological Society
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA19OAR4310378
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