Submesoscale coherent vortices in the deep Brazil Basin

Kassis, Patricia

doi:10.1575/1912/4189

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“…Coherent lenses and eddies are present throughout the world ocean (e.g., Maximenko & Yamagata 1995, Kassis 2000, Shoosmith et al 2005, Collins et al 2013. Some appear to be inherently stable, with lifetimes measured in years (Richardson et al 2000, Johnson & McTaggart 2010, Rossby 2014, clear testimony to the very low rate of viscous dissipation in the ocean.…”

Section: Lenses and Eddiesmentioning

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Visualizing and Quantifying Oceanic Motion

Rossby

2016

Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci.

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Here I review the use of two highly complementary acoustical technologies for measuring currents in the ocean: acoustically tracked neutrally buoyant floats and vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs). The beauty of floats lies in their ability to efficiently and accurately visualize fluid motion in fronts and vortices and the dispersion caused by mesoscale eddy processes. Floats complement classical hydrography by articulating mechanisms and pathways by which waters spread out from their source region. Vessel-mounted ADCPs can profile the water column at O(1 km) horizontal resolution to depths greater than 1,000 m. These vessel-based scans capture in detail the cross-stream structure of fronts and eddies as well as the impact of bathymetry on currents. Sustained sampling along selected routes builds up valuable databases both for statistical studies of the submesoscale velocity field and for accurate estimates of fluid transport, as well as how these vary over time.

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Section: Lenses and Eddiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visualizing and Quantifying Oceanic Motion

Rossby

2016

Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci.

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Submesoscale coherent vortices in the deep Brazil Basin

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Visualizing and Quantifying Oceanic Motion

Visualizing and Quantifying Oceanic Motion

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