Evolution of oceanic circulation theory: From gyres to eddies*
收稿日期: 2012-01-11
修回日期: 2012-10-22
网络出版日期: 2013-06-10
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* I have greatly benefited from discussions with my colleagues during the course of the meso-scale eddy workshop held in the South China Sea Oceanology in spring 2011. In particular, comments from two reviewers helped to improve the presentation of this review paper
Evolution of oceanic circulation theory: From gyres to eddies*
Received date: 2012-01-11
Revised date: 2012-10-22
Online published: 2013-06-10
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* I have greatly benefited from discussions with my colleagues during the course of the meso-scale eddy workshop held in the South China Sea Oceanology in spring 2011. In particular, comments from two reviewers helped to improve the presentation of this review paper
Physical oceanography is now entering the eddy-resolving era. Eddies are commonly referred to the so-called mesoscale or submesoscale eddies; by definition, they have horizontal scales from 1 to 500 km and vertical scales from meters to hundreds of meters. In one word, the ocean is a turbulent environment; thus, eddy motions are one of the fundamental aspects of oceanic circulation. Studies of these eddies, including observations, theory, laboratory experiments, and parameterization in numerical models, will be the most productive research frontiers for the next 10 to 20 years. Although we have made great efforts to collect data about eddies in the ocean; thus far, we know very little about the three-dimensional structure of these eddies and their contributions to the oceanic general circulation and climate. Therefore, the most important breakthrough may come from observations and physical reasoning about the fundament aspects of eddy structure and their contributions to ocean circulation and climate.
HUANG Rui-xin . Evolution of oceanic circulation theory: From gyres to eddies*[J]. 热带海洋学报, 2013 , 32(2) : 1 -14 . DOI: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2013.02.001
Physical oceanography is now entering the eddy-resolving era. Eddies are commonly referred to the so-called mesoscale or submesoscale eddies; by definition, they have horizontal scales from 1 to 500 km and vertical scales from meters to hundreds of meters. In one word, the ocean is a turbulent environment; thus, eddy motions are one of the fundamental aspects of oceanic circulation. Studies of these eddies, including observations, theory, laboratory experiments, and parameterization in numerical models, will be the most productive research frontiers for the next 10 to 20 years. Although we have made great efforts to collect data about eddies in the ocean; thus far, we know very little about the three-dimensional structure of these eddies and their contributions to the oceanic general circulation and climate. Therefore, the most important breakthrough may come from observations and physical reasoning about the fundament aspects of eddy structure and their contributions to ocean circulation and climate.
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