Publication Date:
2022-05-25
Description:
Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2015. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Annual Reviews for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Annual Review of Marine Science 8 (2016): 125-159, doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015606.
Description:
Mesoscale phenomena are ubiquitous and highly energetic features of ocean circulation.
Their influence on biological and biogeochemical processes varies widely, stemming from not
only advective transport but also through generation of environmental variations that affect
biological and chemical rates. Elucidation of the attendant mechanisms of physical-biological-biogeochemical interaction is made difficult by the ephemeral nature of the underlying
processes, necessitating the use of multidisciplinary approaches involving in situ observations,
remote sensing, and modeling. All three aspects are woven through this review in an attempt to
synthesize current understanding of the topic, with particular emphasis on novel developments in
recent years.
Description:
I gratefully acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Holger W. Jannasch and Columbus O’Donnell
Iselin Shared Chairs for Excellence in Oceanography.
Keywords:
Eddies
;
Eddy pumping
;
Advection
;
Eddy-wind interaction
;
Eddy-driven stratification
;
Plankton diversity
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Preprint
Format:
application/pdf
