Dake Chen

Reduced trapping efficiency of mesoscale eddies under eddy-eddy interactions

Abstract Oceanic mesoscale eddies are commonly assumed to act as coherent structures that trap and transport water masses over long distances. However, recent Lagrangian studies suggest that long-lived coherent structures in the ocean are much more limited than implied by Euleria...

Effect of small scale wind variations over the Kuroshio in the East China Sea

Abstract The QuikSCAT satellite radar scatterometer has observed parallel bands of negative and positive wind stress curls on the inshore and offshore sides of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea, which were not seen in other low-resolution wind products. This study assesses the i...