The Submesoscale Kinetic Energy Cascade: Mesoscale Absorption of Submesoscale Mixed Layer Eddies and Frontal Downscale Fluxes

Schubert, R; Gula, J; Greatbatch, RJ; Baschek, B; Biastoch, A

Schubert, R (corresponding author), GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, 2020; 50 (9): 2573

Abstract

Mesoscale eddies can be strengthened by the absorption of submesoscale eddies resulting from mixed layer baroclinic instabilities. This is shown for m......

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