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Villas-Boas, A.B., and N. Pizzo (2021), The geometry, kinematics, and dynamics of the two-way coupling between wind, waves, Variations, 18-26, doi:10.5065/ybca-0s03.
Villas-Boas, A.B., et al. (2022), A Broadband View of the Sea Surface Height Wavenumber Spectrum, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL096699, doi:10.1029/2021GL096699.
Scientists and researchers across a range of organizations are engaged in a NASA-led campaign 110 nautical miles off of San Francisco to study small-scale ocean processes and dynamics, a study that is aiming to deliver better understanding of how these small processes impact the atmosphere above and below the waves. Perhaps more importantly, the S-MODE project aims to gather and correlate information from below, on and above the waves, a study that could eventually lead to tracking these small-scale processes via satellite to help better predict the weather and future climate.
Vrecica, T., et al. (2022), Observations of Strongly Modulated Surface Wave and Wave Breaking Statistics at a Submesoscale Front, J. Physical Oceanography, 52, 289-304, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-21-0125.1.
Arbic, B., et al. (2022), Frequency dependence and vertical structure of ocean surface kinetic energy from global high-resolution models and surface drifter observations, J. Geophys. Res.(submitted).
Torres, H.S., et al. (2022), Separating energetic internal gravity waves and small-scale frontal dynamics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL096249, doi:10.1029/2021GL096249.
Elipot, S., and J. Wenegrat (2021), Vertical structure of near-surface currents - Importance, state of knowledge, and measurement challenges, Variations, 19, 1-9, doi:10.5065/ybca-0s03.
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