Browsing Cambridge University by Subject "fronts"
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Low- and high-frequency oscillatory winds synergistically enhance nutrient entrainment and phytoplankton at fronts
(AGU PublicationsJournal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2017-02-10)When phytoplankton growth is limited by low nutrient concentrations, full-depth-integrated phytoplankton biomass increases in response to intermittent mixing events that bring nutrient-rich waters into the sunlit surface ...
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Spontaneous Wave Generation at Strongly Strained Density Fronts
(American Meteorological SocietyJournal of Physical Oceanography, 2016-06-23)A simple analytical model is presented describing the spontaneous generation of inertia–gravity waves at density fronts subjected to strong horizontal strain rates. The model considers fronts of arbitrary horizontal and ...
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Synoptic-to-planetary scale wind variability enhances phytoplankton biomass at ocean fronts
(American Geophysical UnionJournal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2017-06-01)In nutrient-limited conditions, phytoplankton growth at fronts is enhanced by winds, which drive upward nutrient fluxes via enhanced turbulent mixing and upwelling. Hence, depth-integrated phytoplankton biomass can be 10 ...