Testing Munk's hypothesis for submesoscale eddy generation using observations in the North Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Buckingham, Christian E., Khaleel, Zammath, Lazar, Ayah, Martin, Adrian P., Allen, John T., Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira, Thompson, Andrew F., Vic, Clement
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2017
• Subjects: eddies; submesoscale; baroclinic; infrared; instabilities; front; Munk; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00763/87474/92964.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00763/87474/92965.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012910; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00763/87474/

A high-resolution satellite image that reveals a train of coherent, submesoscale (6 km) vortices along the edge of an ocean front is examined in concert with hydrographic measurements in an effort to understand formation mechanisms of the submesoscale eddies. The infrared satellite image consists of...