Submesoscale Fronts in the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone and Their Response to Wind Forcing

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Swart, Sebastiaan, du Plessis, Marcel D., Thompson, Andrew F., Biddle, Louise C., Giddy, Isabelle, Linders, Torsten, Mohrmann, Martin, Nicholson, Sarahâ€Anne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2020
• Subjects: submesoscales; mixedâ€layer; seaâ€ice; Southern Ocean; airâ€sea fluxes; gliders; Antarctic; Austral; Peddie; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086649

Submesoscale flows in the ocean are energetic motions, O(1–10 km), that influence stratification and the distributions of properties, such as heat and carbon. They are believed to play an important role in seaâ€iceâ€impacted oceans by modulating airâ€seaâ€ice fluxes and seaâ€ice extent. The intens...