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The Hydrologic Response to a Meteotsunami in an Isolated Wetland: Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, USA
-  26 August 2022
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We documented and described hydrologic response to a meteotsunami event in an isolated wetland
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Atmospheric bores may lead to meteotsunamis that are remote of the convective forcing
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The observed response to meteotsunami influence highlights the need for further research into this previously undocumented phenomenon
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Atlantic Water in the Arctic From 40 Years of Observations
-  19 August 2022
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Atlantic Water (AW) is evolving in opposing ways in the eastern and western sectors
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Data suggest that AW cools during transit via vertical mixing at its upper bound and through interaction with cool dense shelf waters
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AW core temperature is generally effective in assessing AW heat content but does not always capture temporal trends
Carbon to Nitrogen Uptake Ratios Observed Across the Southern Ocean by the SOCCOM Profiling Float Array
-  19 August 2022
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Carbon:nitrate uptake ratios by phytoplankton are near the Redfield Ratio in Southern Ocean waters south of 40°S
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Carbon:nitrate uptake ratios north of 40°S are much higher, likely due to production of dissolved organic matter with little nitrogen
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A change in air-sea CO2 flux during October to February from a sink in 2005 to a source in recent years may have occurred near 55°S
Surface Wave and Roller Dissipation Observed With Shore-Based Doppler Marine Radar
-  18 August 2022
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high-resolution observations of surface wave and roller dissipation as well as the transformation of wave height across the surf zone
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the concept of surface rollers is applied to shore-based X-band Doppler radar data
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in storm conditions, 50% of the wave energy is dissipated at a submerged outer sandbar, but strongest dissipation occurs further inshore
Separating Annual, Interannual and Regional Change in Sea Surface Temperature in the Northeastern Atlantic and Nordic Seas
-  18 August 2022
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Seasonal fluctuations in Nordic Seas and Northeastern Atlantic sea surface temperatures explains 90% of the variability
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Both summer maxima and winter minima are warming, with summer temperatures warming twice as fast (0.4 and 0.2°C per decade)
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Other sources of variability include sea-ice melt and switches in large-scale oceanographic conditions in the Northeastern Atlantic
Crossing the Boundaries: How Key Advancements in Understanding of Headland Sediment Bypassing Improves Definition of Littoral Cells
-  17 August 2022
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Headland sediment bypassing relates short-term physical forcing and long-term morphological response, which is vital for shoreline position
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The paper we comment on creates a useful guide to examine headland sediment bypassing and littoral cell boundaries
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The concept of littoral cell zones includes temporal variability and anticipated climate change-induced evolution of the shoreline
The Role of Turbulence in Fueling the Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum in Tidally Dominated Shelf Seas
-  17 August 2022
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Turbulence and chlorophyll both peak at the base of the pycnocline on a mid-latitude shelf
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Locally generated turbulence at the pycnocline base is a fuel pump for the subsurface chlorophyll maximum
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Amplitude and polarity of the M2 tide govern the local generation of turbulence at the pycnocline base
Dynamics of Interannual Eddy Kinetic Energy Variability in the Sulawesi Sea Revealed by OFAM3
-  17 August 2022
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The interannual eddy kinetic energy (EKE) variability in the Sulawesi Sea is derived from Ocean Forecasting Australia Model version 3
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The barotropic instability of the mean flow dominates the interannual variations of EKE
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The Mindanao Current intrusion impacted by Pacific western boundary current paths and mesoscale eddies modulates the barotropic instability
Regimes of Sea-Ice Floe Melt: Ice-Ocean Coupling at the Submesoscales
-  17 August 2022
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The relative size of sea-ice floes and submesoscale eddies controls lateral heat transport to sea ice
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Mechanical coupling shields floes from warm filaments but winds disrupt this coupling and advect ice into warm waters
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Scaling laws capture sea-ice melt rate dependence on floe size, ice-ocean drag and wind speed
Ocean surface wind estimation from waves based on small GPS buoy observations in a bay and the open ocean
-  29 August 2022
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Ocean surface wind is estimated from ocean surface wave spectrum information measured by a small GPS buoy
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Ocean surface wind is estimated from ocean surface waves for both bay and open ocean conditions
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The newly proposed method improves the accuracy of wind speed and direction estimations from ocean surface waves
The Influence of Pine Island Ice Shelf Calving on Basal Melting
-  27 August 2022
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Melting of Pine Island Ice Shelf is sensitive to calving because of a seabed ridge beneath it which restricts warm water access to the shelf
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The melt response to calving has a strong sensitivity to the cavity geometry and results primarily from circulation changes
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Calving may be an important contribution to the ice-ocean sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Impact of intermittent Convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea on Oxygen content, Nutrients and the Carbonate system
-  26 August 2022
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In the absence of deep convection events, the O2-depleted layer spreads vertically and intensifies more in the Ligurian than Gulf of Lion.
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Nutrients increase in deep and to a lesser extent in intermediate waters with a decoupling between nitrate and phosphate trends.
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Dissolved inorganic carbon increases in intermediate and deep waters with a concurrent pH decrease over the period of study, 2012-2020.
Upper-ocean turbulence structure and ocean-ice drag coefficient estimates using an ascending microstructure profiler during the MOSAiC drift
-  25 August 2022
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A novel ascending microstructure profiler successfully measured dissipation rates to within 1 m under the sea ice
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Dissipation rate estimates in the Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC drift varied by more than 4 orders of magnitude
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A representative range of ice-ocean drag coefficient for the MOSAiC sampling site was (4–6) × 10−3
Reducing Weather Influences on an 89 GHz Sea Ice Concentration Algorithm in the Arctic using Retrievals From an Optimal Estimation Method
-  23 August 2022
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An improved sea ice concentration retrieval algorithm based on weather–corrected brightness temperatures at 89 GHz is developed
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Weather influences particularly from cloud liquid water are reduced, lowering the retrieval uncertainty by one order of magnitude
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Noise in ice concentration caused by the atmosphere is much reduced over consolidated ice
The performance of the ERA-Interim and ERA5 Atmospheric Reanalyses over Weddell Sea Pack Ice
-  23 August 2022
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Measurements from 3 buoys used to validate surface meteorology in the ERA-Interim and ERA5 reanalyses over the Weddell Sea
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Both reanalyses represent variability well but have a warm bias in surface air temperature
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Warm bias may result from the simplified representation of sea ice in the reanalysis models
Changes in Arctic Halocline Waters along the East Siberian Slope and in the Makarov Basin from 2007 to 2020
-  12 August 2022
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Ice-tethered measurements in 2008, 2015 and 2017 in the Makarov Basin highlight changes in the upper and lower halocline properties
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The cold Atlantic-derived lower halocline progressed eastward along the East Siberian slope reaching the Chukchi Borderland
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The Makarov Basin lower halocline was increasingly supplied with warmer water resulting from the mixing of Atlantic water with shelf water
Cross-slope heat and salt transport induced by slope intrusion eddy’s horizontal asymmetry in the northern South China Sea
-  12 August 2022
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The asymmetry of mesoscale eddy induces O (10^12) W onshore heat transport and O(10^4) kg/s salt transport
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The asymmetric flow of mesoscale eddy is mainly caused by the asymmetry of potential vorticity
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The asymmetry of PV is primarily induced by eddy-current interaction in Dongsha Islands and topographic beta effect in Xisha Islands
Increasing wave energy moves Arctic continental shelves toward a new future
-  6 August 2022
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A morphodynamic model was developed to explore feedbacks between Arctic continental shelves and growing sea states related to sea-ice losses
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On a higher-relief shelf section, stronger waves drove offshore sediment transport and mid-shelf deposition which regulated wave energy
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A lower-relief shelf section was relatively insensitive to morphologic adjustment under larger waves due to effective wave attenuation
A third-generation wave model for coastal regions: 1. Model description and validation
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  7649-7666
-  15 April 1999
Sequential data assimilation with a nonlinear quasi-geostrophic model using Monte Carlo methods to forecast error statistics
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  10143-10162
-  15 May 1994
El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  8 November 2007
Mixed layer depth over the global ocean: An examination of profile data and a profile-based climatology
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  4 December 2004
Relationship between wind speed and gas exchange over the ocean
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  7373-7382
-  15 May 1992
EN4: Quality controlled ocean temperature and salinity profiles and monthly objective analyses with uncertainty estimates
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  6704-6716
-  12 November 2013
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- EN4 dataset of quality-controlled temperature and salinity profiles is described
- Dataset covers 1900 to present and includes monthly objective analyses
- A novel method is presented to estimate uncertainty in the objective analyses
Monsoons: Processes, predictability, and the prospects for prediction
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  14451-14510
-  29 June 1998
A finite-volume, incompressible Navier Stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  5753-5766
-  15 March 1997
A Global Perspective on Microplastics
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  6 January 2020
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- The sources, behavior, fate, and effects of microplastics are inexplicably tied to those of their plastic product and macrodebris precursors, as well as the nanoplastics into which they fragment
- Microplastic sampling and characterization methods are evolving, but their inadequacies still hamper efforts to evaluate the true extent of their presence and consequences in the built and natural environments
- Microplastics are a global/multimedia phenomenon; hence, they cannot be adequately understood, or related concerns resolved, in the context of the marine environment alone or a single discipline
The Role of the New Zealand Plateau in the Tasman Sea Circulation and Separation of the East Australian Current
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  1457-1470
-  11 February 2018
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- EAC separation latitude shifts south 1.1 degrees when the New Zealand submarine platform is completely removed and Tasman Sea is leveled
- The presence of the New Zealand submarine platform weakens the EAC extension and strengthens the Tasman Front
- Meridional gradients in the basin-wide wind stress curl are not the sole factor determining the mean latitude of EAC partial separation
Submesoscale Sea Ice-Ocean Interactions in Marginal Ice Zones
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  9455-9475
-  2 November 2017
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- Energetic submesoscale ocean variability forms at marginal ice zones due to mixed-layer instabilities of ice-edge meltwater fronts
- Mechanical sea ice-ocean interactions trap sea ice in cyclonic eddies and filaments—regions with dramatically enhanced ocean heat fluxes
- The strength of submesoscale sea ice-ocean coupling is expected to increase with thinning of Arctic sea ice and marginal ice zone expansion
Mixed layer depth over the global ocean: An examination of profile data and a profile-based climatology
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  4 December 2004
North Atlantic Ocean Internal Decadal Variability: Role of the Mean State and Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  5949-5970
-  6 August 2018
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- The AMOC and AMV decadal variability can emerge from a self-sustained oceanic mode based on coupled model results
- Increasing atmospheric resolution decreases the oceanic variability due to mean state changes
- Atmosphere-ocean coupling causes a moderate increase of the AMOC variability
Observation of rogue wave holes in a water wave tank
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  1 February 2012
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- Experimental generation of rogue wave holes
- Rogue waves holes within the framework of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation
- Rogue wave holes modeled by the Peregrine soliton
Intensification and poleward shift of subtropical western boundary currents in a warming climate
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  4928-4945
-  27 June 2016
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- WBCs are strengthening and shifting toward poles under global warming
- Three types of independent data sets are included
- Several coupled parameters are used to identify the WBCs dynamics
Mesoscale resolution capability of altimetry: Present and future
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  4910-4927
-  2 June 2016
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- A global analysis of wavenumber spectra of Sea Surface Height determines the mesoscale resolution capability of altimeter missions
- The future 2-D mesoscale resolution capability of the SWOT altimeter mission is predicted using a simulated error level
Mixed layer heat and salinity budgets during the onset of the 2011 Atlantic cold tongue
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  7882-7910
-  6 October 2014
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- Atlantic cold tongue development from May to July 2011 was examined
- Diapycnal mixing is key process for cooling in western cold tongue region
- Zonal advection is main contributor to mixed layer salinity changes
Understanding Arctic Ocean Circulation: A Review of Ocean Dynamics in a Changing Climate
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
-  17 March 2020
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- Major features of Arctic Ocean circulation are reviewed and interpreted theoretically
- Fundamental ocean dynamics are set in the context of a changing Arctic climate
- We describe how Arctic dynamics might change in the future
Plain Language Summary
The Arctic region is experiencing the most rapid environmental changes on Earth, with unparalleled air temperature increases, a warming ocean, and melting permafrost, snow, and ice. The ocean is a central control via Arctic Ocean warming, freshening, and circulation dynamics that link to the sea ice, atmosphere, and terrestrial environment. Given the rapid pace of Arctic change, it is vital to take stock of present understanding of the ocean circulation to address knowledge gaps and make viable future predictions. Present understanding of the principal geophysical fluid dynamics of Arctic Ocean circulation is synthesized here, and we speculate on how the dynamics of the ocean-ice-atmosphere system might change in a warming Arctic.







