Eddy cancellation of the Ekman cell in subtropical gyres
The presence of large-scale Ekman pumping associated with the climatological wind stress curl is the textbook explanation for low biological activity in the subtropical gyres. Using an idealized eddy-resolving model it is shown that Eulerian-mean Ekman pumping may be opposed by an eddy-driven circul...
Published in: | Journal of Physical Oceanography |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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American Meteorological Society
2016
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0097.1 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b53bc9b2-c622-46b1-aecf-9ff86411f0f2 |