Wind ringing of the ocean in presence of mesoscale eddies

P. Klein; G. Lapeyre; W. G. Large

doi:10.1029/2004GL020274

Wind ringing of the ocean in presence of mesoscale eddies

P. Klein
, G. Lapeyre
, W. G. Large

CNRS
National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Abstract

Recent findings have highlighted the impact of high frequency (HF) winds on the inertial motions and the consequences on the large-scale oceanic circulation [Wunsch and Ferrari, 2004]. Within this context the present study focuses on the role of intermediate scales related to oceanic mesoscale eddies. Results show that a turbulent eddy field does not affect the impact of HF winds on the inertial motions. However the eddies efficiently and permanently concentrate the wind-forced inertial motions in small-scale anticyclonic structures. This leads to a spatially heterogeneous vertical mixing strongly related to the eddy field properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L15306 1-4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL020274
Publication status	Published - 16 Aug 2004
Externally published	Yes

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