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Submesoscale currents in the ocean by McWilliams, James C.

“…This article is a perspective on the recently discovered realm of submesoscale currents in the ocean. They are intermediate-scale flow structures in the form…”
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Oceanic Frontogenesis by McWilliams, James C

“…Frontogenesis is the fluid-dynamical processes that rapidly sharpen horizontal density gradients and their associated horizontal velocity shears. It is a…”
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Global heat and salt transports by eddy movement by Dong, Changming, McWilliams, James C., Liu, Yu, Chen, Dake

“…Oceanic mesoscale eddies contribute important horizontal heat and salt transports on a global scale. Here we show that eddy transports are mainly due to…”
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Topographic generation of submesoscale centrifugal instability and energy dissipation by Gula, Jonathan, Molemaker, M. Jeroen, McWilliams, James C.

“…Most of the ocean kinetic energy is contained in the large scale currents and the vigorous geostrophic eddy field, at horizontal scales of order 100 km. To…”
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Remarkable Control of Western Boundary Currents by Eddy Killing, a Mechanical Air‐Sea Coupling Process by Renault, L., Marchesiello, P., Masson, S., McWilliams, J. C.

“…Western boundary currents (WBCs) are critical to Earth's climate. In the last decade, mesoscale air‐sea interactions emerged as an important factor of WBC…”
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Dynamics of Winds and Currents Coupled to Surface Waves by SULLIVAN, Peter P, MCWILLIAMS, James C

“…We discuss the coupling processes between surface gravity waves and adjacent winds and currents in turbulent boundary layers. These processes mediate exchanges…”
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Dampening of Submesoscale Currents by Air-Sea Stress Coupling in the Californian Upwelling System by Renault, Lionel, McWilliams, James C., Gula, Jonathan

“…Oceanic submesoscale currents (SMCs) occur on an scale of 0.1–10 km horizontally and have a large influence on the oceanic variability and on ecosystems. At…”
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Satellite Observations of Imprint of Oceanic Current on Wind Stress by Air-Sea Coupling by Renault, Lionel, McWilliams, James C., Masson, Sebastien

“…Mesoscale eddies are present everywhere in the ocean and partly determine the mean state of the circulation and ecosystem. The current feedback on the surface…”
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A survey of submesoscale currents by McWilliams, James C.

“…Submesoscale currents are pervasive throughout the ocean. They have intermediate space and time scales—neither mesoscale nor microscale—that have made them…”
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Correction and commentary for “Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the regional ocean modeling system” by Haidvogel et al., J. Comp. Phys. 227, pp. 3595–3624 by Shchepetkin, Alexander F., McWilliams, James C.

“…Although our names appear as co-authors in the above article (Haidvogel et al. (2008) [1], hereafter H2008), we were not aware of its existence until after it…”
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Wave glider observations of surface winds and currents in the core of Typhoon Danas by Mitarai, S., McWilliams, J. C.

“…Simultaneous monitoring of surface winds and currents is essential to understand oceanic responses to tropical cyclones. We used a new platform, a Wave Glider…”
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Ocean convergence and the dispersion of flotsam by D’Asaro, Eric A., Shcherbina, Andrey Y., Klymak, Jody M., Molemaker, Jeroen, Novelli, Guillaume, Guigand, Cédric M., Haza, Angelique C., Haus, Brian K., Ryan, Edward H., Jacobs, Gregg A., Huntley, Helga S., Laxague, Nathan J. M., Chen, Shuyi, Judt, Falko, McWilliams, James C., Barkan, Roy, Kirwan, A. D., Poje, Andrew C., Özgökmen, Tamay M.

“…Floating oil, plastics, and marine organisms are continually redistributed by ocean surface currents. Prediction of their resulting distribution on the surface…”
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Submesoscale Currents Modulate the Seasonal Cycle of Nutrients and Productivity in the California Current System by Kessouri, Fayçal, Bianchi, Daniele, Renault, Lionel, McWilliams, James C., Frenzel, Hartmut, Deutsch, Curtis A.

“…In the California Current, subduction by mesoscale eddies removes nutrients from the coastal surface layer, counteracting upwelling and quenching productivity…”
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Modulation of Phytoplankton Uptake by Mesoscale and Submesoscale Eddies in the California Current System by Damien, Pierre, Bianchi, Daniele, Kessouri, Fayçal, McWilliams, James C.

“…Eddies play a crucial role in shaping ocean dynamics by affecting material transport, and generating spatio‐temporal heterogeneity. However, how eddies at…”
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The regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS): a split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following-coordinate oceanic model by Shchepetkin, Alexander F., McWilliams, James C.

“…The purpose of this study is to find a combination of optimal numerical algorithms for time-stepping and mode-splitting suitable for a high-resolution,…”
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Coastal eutrophication drives acidification, oxygen loss, and ecosystem change in a major oceanic upwelling system by Kessouri, Faycal, McWilliams, James C., Bianchi, Daniele, Sutula, Martha, Renault, Lionel, Deutsch, Curtis, Feely, Richard A., McLaughlin, Karen, Ho, Minna, Howard, Evan M., Bednaršek, Nina, Damien, Pierre, Molemaker, Jeroen, Weisberg, Stephen B.

“…Global change is leading to warming, acidification, and oxygen loss in the ocean. In the Southern California Bight, an eastern boundary upwelling system, these…”
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Orographic shaping of US West Coast wind profiles during the upwelling season by Renault, Lionel, Hall, Alex, McWilliams, James C.

“…Spatial and temporal variability of nearshore winds in eastern boundary current systems is affected by orography, coastline shape, and air-sea interaction…”
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Gravity is vertical in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Stewart, Andrew L., McWilliams, James C.

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Quantifying dispersal from hydrothermal vent fields in the western Pacific Ocean by Mitarai, Satoshi, Watanabe, Hiromi, Nakajima, Yuichi, Shchepetkin, Alexander F., McWilliams, James C.

“…Hydrothermal vent fields in the western Pacific Ocean are mostly distributed along spreading centers in submarine basins behind convergent plate boundaries…”
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Asymmetric and axisymmetric dynamics of tropical cyclones by Persing, J, Montgomery, M. T, McWilliams, J. C, Smith, R. K

“…We present the results of idealized numerical experiments to examine the difference between tropical cyclone evolution in three-dimensional (3-D) and…”
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