The South China Sea (SCS) has undergone multiple marine heatwaves (MHWs) over the past few decades. Daily reanalyzed sea surface temperature (SST) data are applied to identify major MHWs in the northwest SCS over 1982–2021. The MHWs have increased in frequency, intensity, and spatial extent during recent decades, but the strongest 2015/2016 winter MHWs occurring in our study region have not been fully explained. In situ observ...

Anticyclonic mesoscale eddies are known to trap and modulate near-inertial kinetic energy (NIKE); however, the spatial distribution of NIKE within the eddy core and periphery, as well as the mechanisms driving its energy cascade to smaller scales, remains inadequately understood. This study analyzed the evolution of NIKE in anticyclonic eddies using satellite altimetry and field observations from four mooring arrays. By extrac...

Internal tides are pivotal dynamic processes enhancing the mixing of oceanic waters and facilitating energy transfer across various scales within the ocean. In recent years, the proliferation of satellite altimetry observations has enabled global predictions of the elevation and phase of internal tides. This study, leveraging the advanced global internal tide prediction model known as the Multivariate Inversion of Ocean Surfac...