TY - JOUR

T1 - Conditions for Transformation of a Mesoscale Vortex into a Submesoscale Vortex Filament When the Vortex Is Stretched by an Inhomogeneous Barotropic Flow

AU - Жмур, Владимир Владимирович

AU - Белоненко, Татьяна Васильевна

AU - Новоселова, Елена Владимировна

AU - Суетин, Б.П.

PY - 2023/5/24

Y1 - 2023/5/24

N2 - In this paper, we study the effects of strong stretching in the horizontal plane of large-scale mesoscale ocean eddies using the theory of ellipsoidal eddies in the World Ocean. The objective is to theoretically determine the physical conditions for unbounded stretching eddies and also check the feasibility of these conditions in the ocean. We estimate the share of mesoscale ocean eddies that are elongated into filaments and then they redistribute energy from the mesoscale to the submesoscale.

AB - In this paper, we study the effects of strong stretching in the horizontal plane of large-scale mesoscale ocean eddies using the theory of ellipsoidal eddies in the World Ocean. The objective is to theoretically determine the physical conditions for unbounded stretching eddies and also check the feasibility of these conditions in the ocean. We estimate the share of mesoscale ocean eddies that are elongated into filaments and then they redistribute energy from the mesoscale to the submesoscale.

KW - ellipsoidal vortex

KW - filament

KW - flow

KW - mesoscale vortex

KW - stretching

KW - vortex filament

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/de2723ce-931c-39bd-8101-6b9c42e458e0/

U2 - 10.1134/s0001437023020145

DO - 10.1134/s0001437023020145

M3 - Article

VL - 63

SP - 174

EP - 183

JO - Oceanology

JF - Oceanology

SN - 0001-4370

IS - 2

ER -