Mesoscale eddies are essential for the distribution of thermohaline and biochemical properties, and act as a bridge for the energy cascade between large-scale circulation and submesoscale dynamical processes.
October 19, 2022
Mesoscale eddies are essential for the distribution of thermohaline and biochemical properties, and act as a bridge for the energy cascade between large-scale circulation and submesoscale dynamical processes.
The Sulawesi Sea is the primary entrance for the western path of the Indonesian Throughflow and the most active region of mesoscale eddies in the Indonesian seas. However, the interannual evolution of eddy kinetic energy (EKE, an indicator of eddy activity intensity) in the Sulawesi Sea is still unclear.
Recently, a joint research team led by Prof. Yin Baoshu from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) and Prof. Feng Ming from CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere has revealed the dynamics of interannual EKE variability in the Sulawesi Sea.
This study was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
