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ArticleNature communications2025

Observed regimes of submesoscale dynamics in the Southern Ocean seasonal ice zone.

Channing J Prend, Sebastiaan Swart, Andrew L Stewart, Marcel D du Plessis, Georgy E Manucharyan, Andrew F Thompson

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Channing J PrendSchool of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. cprend@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-0480
Sebastiaan SwartDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Andrew L StewartAtmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-4070
Marcel D du PlessisDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2759-2467
Georgy E ManucharyanSchool of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-2675
Andrew F ThompsonEnvironmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0322-4811

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) OPP-2220968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Submesoscale flows, occurring at scales of about 1-10 km, are crucial to the vertical transport of heat and other tracers in the upper ocean. These flows are energized by instabilities that extract potential energy from lateral buoyancy gradients, which are ubiquitous in the seasonal sea ice zone. Process studies have shown that submesoscale flows influence sea ice mechanics and thermodynamics. However, it is necessary to quantify the spatiotemporal distribution of submesoscale fluxes in order to upscale their impact. Here, we utilize hydrographic data from seal-borne sensors to demonstrate that the Southern Ocean seasonal ice zone can be separated into three regimes of submesoscale flux variability, which are associated with distinct dominant drivers. Furthermore, the magnitude and sign of the mean heat fluxes in these regimes differs, which dictates their influence on the upper-ocean heat budget, mixed-layer depth, and sea ice properties.

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