Submesoscale processes in the Baltic Sea

Evridiki Chrysagi

doi:10.18453/rosdok_id00002961

Evridiki Chrysagi

Submesoscale processes in the Baltic Sea

Universität Rostock, 2020

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002961

Abstract: Recently discovered, ocean submesoscales have attracted attention due to their ability to change the upper ocean stratification and induce a downscale cascade of energy. Those motions have been studied mainly in the context of open ocean simulations and idealized configurations; however, their response during cooling and strong winds, is still unclear. Here, realistic simulations of the central Baltic Sea revealed not only that submesoscales are abundant in the basin but also that they are able to maintain shallow mixed layers during storms and quickly restratify between multiple wind events.

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title:

Submesoscale processes in the Baltic Sea

contributing persons:

Evridiki Chrysagi[VerfasserIn]
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Hans Burchard[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	136125840
Jüri Elken[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]

contributing corporate bodies:

Universität Rostock[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	38329-6
Universität Rostock, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	2147083-2

abstract:

Recently discovered, ocean submesoscales have attracted attention due to their ability to change the upper ocean stratification and induce a downscale cascade of energy. Those motions have been studied mainly in the context of open ocean simulations and idealized configurations; however, their response during cooling and strong winds, is still unclear. Here, realistic simulations of the central Baltic Sea revealed not only that submesoscales are abundant in the basin but also that they are able to maintain shallow mixed layers during storms and quickly restratify between multiple wind events. [English]

document type:

doctoral thesis

institution:

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

language:

English

subject class (DDC):

333.7 Natural resources, energy and environment

530 Physics

550 Earth sciences

publication /
production:

Rostock

Rostock: Universität Rostock

2020

statement of responsibility:

vorgelegt von Evridiki Chrysagi

notes:

Zeitschriftenpublikation: Chrysagi, E., Umlauf, L., Holtermann, P., Klingbeil, K., & Burchard, H. (2021). High‐resolution simulations of submesoscale processes in the Baltic Sea: The role of storm events. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016411. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016411

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