Cyclonic and anticyclonic motion in the upper ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Griffa, Annalisa ^a,b   Lumpkin, Rick ^c   Veneziani, Milena ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTICYCLONIC MOTION; CYCLONIC MOTION; SALINITY FRONT INSTABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; EDDY; HEAT TRANSFER; SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

EID: 41549096465     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032100     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Boccaletti, G., R. Ferrari, and B. Fox-Kemper (2007), Mixed layer instabilities and restratification, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37(9), 2228-2250.
2. Borgas, M. S., T. K. Flesch, and B. L. Sawford (1997), Turbulent dispersion with broken reflectional symmetry, J. Fluid Mech., 279, 69-99.
3. Chelton, D. B., R. A. de Szoeke, M. G. Schlax, K. El Naggar, and N. Siwertz (1998), Geographical variability of the first-baroclinic Rossby radius of deformation, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 433-460.
4. Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson, and R. A. de Szoeke (2007), Global observations of large oceanic eddies, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, L15606, doi:10.1029/2007GL030812.
5. Doglioli, A. M., M. Veneziani, B. Blanke, S. Speich, and A. Griffa (2006), A Lagrangian analysis of the Indian-Atlantic interocean exchange in a regional model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14611, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL026498.
6. Elipot, S. K. Y. (2006), Spectral characterization of Ekman velocities in the Southern Ocean based on surface trajectories, Ph.D. dissertation, Scripps Inst. of Oceanogr., Univ. of Calif, San Diego. Available at http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/49/
7. Flierl, G. R. (1981), Particle motion in large-amplitude wave fields, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 18, 39-74.
8. Hoskins, B. J., and F. P. Bretherton (1972), Atmospheric frontogenesis models: Mathematical formulation and solution, J. Atmos. Sci., 29, 11-37.
9. Lumpkin, R., and Z. Garraffo (2005), Evaluating the decomposition of tropical Atlantic drifter observations, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 22, 1415-1422.
10. Munk, W., L. Armi, K. Fischer, and F. Zachariasen (2000), Spirals on the sea, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A, 456, 1217-1280.
11. Olson, D. B. (1991), Rings in the ocean, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 19, 283-311.
12. Richardson, P. L. (1993), A census of eddies observed in North Atlantic SOFAR float data, Prog. Oceanogr., 31, 1-50.
13. Rio, M.-H., and F. Hernandez (2003), High-frequency response of wind-driven currents measured by drifting buoys and altimetry over the world ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C8), 3283, doi:10.1029/ 2002JC001655.
14. Rudnick, D. L. (2001), On the skewness of vorticity in the upper ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(10), 2045-2048.
15. Sato, K., T. Suga, and K. Hanawa (2006), Barrier layers in the subtropical gyres of the world's oceans, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08603, doi:10.1029/2005GL025631.
16. Sybrandy, A. L., and P. P. Niiler (1991), WOCE/TOGA Lagrangian drifter construction manual, WOCE Rep. 63, 58 pp., Scripps Inst. of Oceanogr., La Jolla, Calif.
17. Tomczak, M., L. Pender, and S. Liefrink (2004), Variability of the subtropical front in the Indian Ocean south of Australia, Ocean Dyn., 54, 506-519.
18. Veneziani, M., A. Griffa, A. M. Reynolds, and A. J. Mariano (2004), Oceanic turbulence and stochastic models from subsurface Lagrangian data for the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1884-1906.
19. Veneziani, M., A. Griffa, Z. D. Garraffo, and E. P. Chassignet (2005a), Lagrangian spin parameter and coherent structures from trajectories released in a high-resolution ocean model, J. Mar. Res., 63, 753-788.
20. Veneziani, M., A. Griffa, A. M. Reynolds, Z. D. Garraffo, and E. P. Chassignet (2005b), Parameterization of Lagrangian spin statistics and particle dispersion in the presence of coherent vortices, J. Mar. Res., 63, 1057-1083.