Frontogenesis and frontal arrest of a dense filament in the oceanic surface boundary layer

DOI10.1017/JFM.2017.833zbMATH Open1419.86014OpenAlexW2781374392MaRDI QIDQ5226280FDOQ5226280

Authors: Peter P. Sullivan, James C. McWilliams 

Publication date: 31 July 2019

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.833

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulent boundary layersturbulence simulationocean processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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• A perturbation approach to understanding the effects of turbulence on frontogenesis
• Ocean turbulence at meso and submesoscales: connection between surface and interior dynamics
• The evolution of a front in turbulent thermal wind balance. Part 1. Theory
• The role of mixed-layer instabilities in submesoscale turbulence
• Pressure-strain terms in Langmuir turbulence
• Surface wave effects on submesoscale fronts and filaments
• The evolution of a front in turbulent thermal wind balance. II: Numerical simulations
• Submesoscale surface fronts and filaments: secondary circulation, buoyancy flux, and frontogenesis
• Langmuir turbulence and filament frontogenesis in the oceanic surface boundary layer
• Oceanic wave-balanced surface fronts and filaments
• Submesocale currents in the ocean

Uses Software

• ROMS

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