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TI Recent advances in observing mesoscale ocean dynamics with satellite altimetry
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AF MORROW, Rosemary
   LE TRAON, Pierre-Yves
AS 1:1;2:2,3;
FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-ADM3;
C1 CTOH LEGOS, F-31401 Toulouse 9, France.
   Mercator Ocean, F-31520 Ramonville St Agne, France.
   IFREMER, F-31520 Ramonville St Agne, France.
C2 LEGOS, FRANCE
   MERCATOR OCEAN, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-ADM3
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
IF 1.18
TC 96
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19847/17497.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19847/17767.pdf
LA English
DT Article
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BO L'Astrolabe
DE ;Satellite altimetry;Mesoscale eddies;Ocean circulation
AB The paper provides a review of recent results on mesoscale ocean dynamics derived from satellite altimetry. Since 1992, we have had an unprecedented 18 year high-resolution monitoring of the ocean mesoscale field. Altimetry is often used in mesoscale studies in synergy with other remote sensing techniques and in situ data. This global, high-resolution data set has allowed oceanographers to quantify the previously unknown seasonal and interannual variations in eddy kinetic energy and eddy heat and salt transports, and investigate their causes. Eddy tracking techniques have allowed us to monitor their propagation pathways, to bring to light the meridional divergence of cyclones and anticyclones, and to question the role of Rossby waves versus non-linear eddies in the mid to high latitude bands. Altimetry has also revealed the presence of zonal fronts and jets everywhere in the ocean, and brought to light how mesoscale eddies can impact back onto the atmospheric circulation. Finally, altimetry, in synergy with other observations and high-resolution numerical models, has helped reveal the complexity of the sub-mesoscale features, associated with stirring and mixing around the mesoscale eddies, of great importance for the vertical exchange of oceanic tracers. Altimetry has revealed the complexity of the mesoscale system… the scientific community is now working to understand the interplay between these mesoscale eddies, the ocean interior and its impact on the overlying atmosphere.
PY 2012
PD OCT
SO Advances In Space Research
SN 0273-1177
PU Elsevier Sci Ltd
VL 50
IS 8
UT 000309095300006
BP 1062
EP 1076
DI 10.1016/j.asr.2011.09.033
ID 19847
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