Search Results - "Nurser, A. J. George"
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Seasonality of submesoscale flows in the ocean surface boundary layer
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-03-2016)“…A signature of submesoscale flows in the upper ocean is skewness in the distribution of relative vorticity. Expected to result for high Rossby number flows,…”
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Galápagos upwelling driven by localized wind–front interactions
Published in Scientific reports (14-01-2021)“…The Galápagos archipelago, rising from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean some 900 km off the South American mainland, hosts an iconic and globally…”
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Maintenance and Broadening of the Ocean’s Salinity Distribution by the Water Cycle
Published in Journal of climate (15-12-2015)“…The global water cycle leaves an imprint on ocean salinity through evaporation and precipitation. It has been proposed that observed changes in salinity can be…”
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Rapid sea-level rise along the Antarctic margins in response to increased glacial discharge
Published in Nature geoscience (01-10-2014)“…Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet and ice shelves reduces the salinity of the coastal seas. Satellite and model data suggest that the freshwater discharge has…”
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Arctic pathways of Pacific Water: Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison experiments
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Oceans (01-01-2016)“…Pacific Water (PW) enters the Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait and brings in heat, fresh water, and nutrients from the northern Bering Sea. The circulation…”
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Subduction over the Southern Indian Ocean in a High-Resolution Atmosphere–Ocean Coupled Model
Published in Journal of climate (01-08-2011)“…This study examines the subduction of the Subantarctic Mode Water in the Indian Ocean in an ocean–atmosphere coupled model in which the ocean component is eddy…”
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Improved estimates of water cycle change from ocean salinity: the key role of ocean warming
Published in Environmental research letters (01-07-2018)“…Changes in the global water cycle critically impact environmental, agricultural, and energy systems relied upon by humanity (Jiménez Cisneros et al 2014…”
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OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (19-09-2016)“…The Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) is an endorsed project in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). OMIP addresses CMIP6…”
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The Water Mass Transformation Framework for Ocean Physics and Biogeochemistry
Published in Annual review of marine science (03-01-2019)“…The water mass transformation (WMT) framework weaves together circulation, thermodynamics, and biogeochemistry into a description of the ocean that complements…”
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The seasonal cycle of submesoscale flows
Published in Ocean modelling (Oxford) (01-08-2015)“…•Submesoscale-permitting simulations in an open ocean domain through the annual cycle are described.•The surface spectral slopes vary through the year as the…”
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The Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research (01-09-2011)“…We present high‐resolution simulations and observational data as evidence of a fast current flowing along the shelf break of the Siberian and Alaskan shelves…”
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Signature of Ocean Warming at the Mixed Layer Base
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-01-2020)“…The warming climate influences the ocean by changing its wind‐driven dynamics and by inputting extra heat. This study analyzes the warming where temperature…”
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The Cold Transit of Southern Ocean Upwelling
Published in Geophysical research letters (28-12-2018)“…The upwelling of deep waters in the Southern Ocean is a critical component of the climate system. The time and zonal mean dynamics of this circulation describe…”
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Surging of Global Surface Temperature due to Decadal Legacy of Ocean Heat Uptake
Published in Journal of climate (15-09-2020)“…Global surface warming since 1850 has consisted of a series of slowdowns (hiatus) followed by surges. Knowledge of a mechanism to explain how this occurs would…”
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North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states
Published in Ocean modelling (Oxford) (01-01-2014)“…•Phase II of the Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (CORE-II) is introduced.•Solutions from CORE-II simulations from eighteen participating models are…”
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Evaluating the physical and biogeochemical state of the global ocean component of UKESM1 in CMIP6 historical simulations
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (08-06-2021)“…The ocean plays a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth system (ES). At the present time it is also a major sink both for the carbon dioxide (CO2)…”
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An assessment of global and regional sea level for years 1993–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations
Published in Ocean modelling (Oxford) (01-06-2014)“…•Global mean sea level simulated in interannual CORE simulations.•Regional sea level patterns simulated in interannual CORE simulations.•Theoretical foundation…”
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Surface atmospheric forcing as the driver of long-term pathways and timescales of ocean ventilation
Published in Ocean science (15-07-2021)“…The ocean takes up 93 % of the excess heat in the climate system and approximately a quarter of the anthropogenic carbon via air–sea fluxes. Ocean ventilation…”
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Forcing of the overturning circulation across a circumpolar channel by internal wave breaking
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Oceans (01-08-2016)“…The hypothesis that the impingement of mesoscale eddy flows on small‐scale topography regulates diapycnal mixing and meridional overturning across the deep…”
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The imprint of Southern Ocean overturning on seasonal water mass variability in Drake Passage
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Oceans (01-11-2014)“…Seasonal changes in water mass properties are discussed in thermohaline coordinates from a seasonal climatology and repeat hydrographic sections. The SR1b CTD…”
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