Ocean 2D eddy energy fluxes from small mesoscale processes with SWOT

Carli, Elisa; Morrow, Rosemary; Vergara, Oscar; Chevrier, Robin; Renault, Lionel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1413-2023

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1413-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1413-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

Research article

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06 Oct 2023

Research article |

| 06 Oct 2023

Ocean 2D eddy energy fluxes from small mesoscale processes with SWOT

Elisa Carli, Rosemary Morrow, Oscar Vergara, Robin Chevrier, and Lionel Renault

Data sets

SWOT Simulator for Ocean Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology C. Ubelmann, L. Gaultier, L.-L. Fu, and F. Briol https://github.com/CNES/swot_simulator

LLC4320 surface fields A. Ponte https://sextant.ifremer.fr/geonetwork/srv/api/records/b2bcb9af-f335-45b6-a2a9-e460e4132879

Short summary

Oceanic eddies are the structures carrying most of the energy in our oceans. They are key to climate regulation and nutrient transport. We prepare for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, studying eddy dynamics in the region south of Africa, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet, using models and simulated satellite data. SWOT will provide insights into the structures smaller than what is currently observable, which appear to greatly contribute to eddy kinetic energy and strain.