Submesoscale transition from geostrophic flows to internal waves in the northwestern Pacific upper ocean

Satellite altimeters resolution poorly capture mesoscale signals in the upper ocean. Here, the authors analyse shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measurements from the northwest Pacific, and show that balanced geostrophic flows and unbalanced internal waves comprise upper ocean velocities.

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Bo Qiu, Toshiya Nakano, Shuiming Chen, Patrice Klein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2017-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14055