Upper Ocean Thermodynamic Response to Coupling Currents to Wind Stress over the Gulf Stream
Jackie May, Mark A. Bourassa · 2024-11-05
Including current feedback in high-resolution atmosphere-ocean model simulations over the Gulf Stream extension alters upper ocean heat transport, aligning temperature patterns with vorticity and reducing submesoscale vertical heat flux, impacting ocean-atmosphere energy transfer and stratification.
Jackie May, Mark A. Bourassa. 2024-11-05. Upper Ocean Thermodynamic Response to Coupling Currents to Wind Stress over the Gulf Stream. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/11/1994 (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record paper-051; collection snapshot 2026-09-15).
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