Publications

Coadou‐Chaventon, S., Carli, E., Siegelman, L., Swart, S., Schubert, R. and Speich, S. (2026) Oceanic Spatio‐Temporal Patterns of Vertical Velocities in the Cape Basin and Agulhas Current Retroflection From Two Years of SWOT Altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters, 53 (12). Art.Nr.: e2025GL120831. DOI 10.1029/2025GL120831.

Spira, T., du Plessis, M., Haumann, F. A., Giddy, I., Narayanan, A., Silvano, A. and Swart, S. (2026) Wind-triggered Antarctic sea ice decline preconditioned by thinning Winter Water. Nature Climate Change, 16 . pp. 583-590. DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5919587/v1.

Koets, R., Swart, S., Donohue, K. and du Plessis, M. (2026) Observations of tracer ventilation in the Cape Basin, Agulhas Current Retroflection. Ocean Science, 22 (1). pp. 209-224. DOI 10.5194/os-22-209-2026.

du Plessis, M. D., Nicholson, S. A., Giddy, I., Monteiro, P. M. S., Prend, C. J. and Swart, S. (2026) Southern Ocean summer warming is regulated by storm-driven mixing. Nature Geoscience, 19 (1). pp. 75-83. DOI 10.1038/s41561-025-01857-3.

Barabinot, Y., Speich, S. and Carton, X. (2025) On the cyclogeostrophy of mesoscale eddies as revealed by in situ observations. Ocean Dynamics, 75 (12). Art.Nr.: 100. DOI 10.1007/s10236-025-01747-7.

Barabinot, Y., Buckingham, C., Speich, S. and Carton, X. (In Press / Accepted) Analysis of Unforced Symmetric Instability in Mesoscale Eddies using In situ Observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography . DOI 10.1175/JPO-D-24-0241.1.

Barabinot, Y., Speich, S. and Carton, X. (2025) Insights into mesoscale eddy dynamics: a three-dimensional perspective on potential density anomalies. Ocean Science, 21 (5). pp. 2527-2553. DOI 10.5194/os-21-2527-2025.

Edholm, J. M., du Plessis, M. D., Biddle, L. C., Gille, S. T., Mazloff, M. R., Rosenthal, H. S. and Swart, S. (2025) From Synoptic to Submesoscale: Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (10). e2024JC022292. DOI 10.1029/2024JC022292.

Prend, C. J., Swart, S., Stewart, A. L., du Plessis, M. D., Manucharyan, G. E. and Thompson, A. F. (2025) Observed regimes of submesoscale dynamics in the Southern Ocean seasonal ice zone. Nature Communications, 16 . Art.Nr. 8344. DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-63775-7.

Barabinot, Y., Speich, S., Carton, X., L’Hegaret, P., Subirade, C., Laxenaire, R. and Karstensen, J. (2025) Mesoscale dynamics and transport in the North Brazil Current as revealed by the EUREC4A-OA experiment. Ocean Science, 21 (5). pp. 1849-1872. DOI 10.5194/os-21-1849-2025.

Font, E., Portela, E., Swart, S., Pinto-Juica, M. and Queste, B. Y. (2025) Spatiotemporal scales of mode water transformation in the Sea of Oman. Ocean Science, 22 (1). pp. 387-401. DOI 10.5194/os-22-387-2026.

Font, E., Swart, S., Vinayachandran, P. N. and Queste, B. Y. (2025) On Mode Water formation and erosion in the Arabian Sea: Forcing mechanisms, regionality, and seasonality. Ocean Science, 21 (4). pp. 1349-1368. DOI 10.5194/os-21-1349-2025.

Coadou‐Chaventon, S., Swart, S., Novelli, G. and Speich, S. (2025) Resolving Sharper Fronts of the Agulhas Current Retroflection Using SWOT Altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (9). e2025GL115203. DOI 10.1029/2025GL115203.

Baudena, A., Laxenaire, R., Catalano, C., Ioannou, A., Leymarie, E., Picheral, M., Poteau, A., Speich, S., Stemmann, L. and Kiko, R. (2025) A Lagrangian perspective reveals the carbon and oxygen budget of an oceanic eddy. Communications Earth & Environment, 6 (1). Art.Nr. 318 (2025). DOI 10.1038/s43247-025-02262-9.

Prend, C. J., du Plessis, M. D., Mazloff, M. R., Sunnercrantz, L., Swart, S. and Gille, S. T. (2025) Observing system requirements for measuring high-frequency air–sea fluxes in the Southern Ocean. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13 (1). Art.Nr. 00061. DOI 10.1525/elementa.2024.00061.

Patterson, R. G., Cronin, M. F., Swart, S., Beja, J., Edholm, J. M., McKenna, J., Palter, J. B., Parker, A., Addey, C. I., Boone, W., Bhuyan, P., Buck, J. J. H., Burger, E. F., Burris, J., Camus, L., de Young, B., du Plessis, M., Flanigan, M., Foltz, G. R., Gille, S. T., Grare, L., Hansen, J. E., Hole, L. R., Honda, M. C., Hormann, V., Kohlman, C., Kosaka, N., Kuhn, C., Lenain, L., Looney, L., Marouchos, A., McGeorge, E. K., McMahon, C. R., Mitarai, S., Mordy, C., Nagano, A., Nicholson, S. A., Nickford, S., O’Brien, K. M., Peddie, D., Ponsoni, L., Ramasco, V., Rozenauers, N., Siddle, E., Stienbarger, C., Sutton, A. J., Tada, N., Thomson, J., Ueki, I., Yu, L., Zhang, C. and Zhang, D. (2025) Uncrewed surface vehicles in the Global Ocean Observing System: a new frontier for observing and monitoring at the air-sea interface. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12 . Art.Nr. 1523585. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2025.1523585.

Großelindemann, H., Castruccio, F. S., Danabasoglu, G. and Biastoch, A. (2025) Long-term Variability and Trends of Agulhas Leakage and its Impacts on the Global Overturning. Ocean Science, 21 (1). pp. 93-112. DOI 10.5194/os-21-93-2025.

Speich, S. (2026) From Observation to Theory: Decoding the Physics of Ocean Mesocale Eddies. [Talk] In: WHIRLS Scientific Talk Series. , 10.2025, online .

Biastoch, A. (2026) Exploring fine-scale processes in the Agulhas Current system within the ERC Synergy project WHIRLS. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Carli, E. (2026) Properties of Mesoscale Eddies in the Cape Basin Detected Using Machine Learning and Vertical Velocities Reconstruction from SWOT. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

du Plessis, M. (2026) Southern Ocean summer warming regulated by storm-driven mixing. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Edholm, J. (2026) Assessing the accuracy of turbulent air-sea heat flux observations from a small sailing USV. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Fahraeus, E. (2026) The nitrate isotopes faithfully trace Indian Ocean waters in Agulhas rings shed into the eastern South Atlantic. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Fawcett, S. (2026) Unconditional nutrient niches for open ocean phytoplankton taxa. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Lage, M. M. (2026) Thermohaline intrusions, diurnal warm layers and turbulence: observations of a high-strain mesoscale eddy field. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Rawat, S. (2026) The island mass effect shapes the top-down and bottom-up controls on productivity and export in the Indian Southern Ocean. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Swart, C. (2026) The nitrate isotopes faithfully trace Indian Ocean waters in Agulhas rings shed into the eastern South Atlantic. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Swart, S. (2026) The oceans imprint on air-sea interactions: Drivers of turbulent heat fluxes over the Agulhas Current and upcoming intensive observing efforts. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Biastoch, A. (2025) The importance of Agulhas leakage on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and a 101 in ocean modelling. [Talk] In: WHIRLS Scientific Talk Series. , 11.2025, online .

Fawcett, S. (2025) Nutrient transport, supply, and consumption in the Agulhas Current system: implications for productivity, carbon export, and climateNutrient transport, supply, and consumption in the Agulhas Current system: implications for productivity, carbon export, and climate. [Talk] In: WHIRLS Scientific Talk Series. , 10.2025, online .

Mock, L. C. , Biastoch, A. , Speich, S. and Schubert, R. (2025) The Role of Submesoscale Processes in the Decay of Agulhas Rings. [Talk] In: Parcels 10 year anniversary workshop-conference-hackathon. , 01. – 03.10.2025, Utrecht, Netherlands .

Altamura, B. (2026) Materially Coherent Mesoscale Eddies: Evidence from Observations and Climate Significance. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Coadou-Chaventon, S., Swart, S., Carli, E., Siegelman, L., Schubert, R. , Novelli, G. and Speich, S. (2026) Resolving sharper fronts and deriving vertical velocities in the Agulhas Current System using SWOT altimetry. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Dawson, O. (2026) Investigating fine-scale nutrient supply in the Cape Basin using glider observations. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Dorit, V. (2026) A Full Seasonal Cycle of Submesoscales in the Subpolar Southern Ocean Observed by Gliders. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Mock, L. C. , Biastoch, A. , Speich, S. and Schubert, R. (2026) The Role of Submesoscale Processes in the Decay of Agulhas Rings. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Mock, L. C. , Schwarzkopf, F. U. , Schubert, R. and Biastoch, A. (2026) eINALT100: Towards resolving the submesoscale. [Poster] In: 2026 DRAKKAR Ocean Modelling Workshop. , 26.-28.01.2026, Grenoble, France .

Mock, L. C. , Schwarzkopf, F. U. , Schubert, R. and Biastoch, A. (2026) eINALT100: Towards resolving the submesoscale. [Poster] In: 57th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. , 25.-29.05.2026, Liège, Belgium .

Monteiro, C. (2026) Spring Mixed-layer Dynamics Modulate the Nitrate Assimilation Isotope Effect in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Schubert, R. (2026) Ocean eddies leak water due to centrifugal effects. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. , 22.-27.02.2026, Glasgow, UK .

Schubert, R. , Schwarzkopf, F. U. , Wahl, S. , Kjellsson, J. , Scheinert, M. and Biastoch, A. (2025) A series of fine-scale resolving coupled climate simulations. [Poster] In: DRAKKAR meeting 2025. , 27.-29.01.2025, Grenoble, France .

Mock, L. C. , Biastoch, A. , Schwarzkopf, F. U. and Scheinert, M. M. (2025) Towards resolving the submesoscale and quantifying its role in the decay of Agulhas rings. [Poster] In: 2025 DRAKKAR Ocean Modelling Workshop. , 27.-29.01.2025, Grenoble, France .

Swart, Sebastian, Biastoch, Arne, Speich, Sabrina and Fawcett, Sarah WHIRLS General Assembly Meeting. [Conference] WHIRLS General Assembly Meeting 2025. 20.-22.05.2025, Göteborg, Sweden

Biastoch, Arne Whirls Kick-Off. [Other] Whirls Kick-Off Meeting. 03.-05.06.2024, Kiel, Germany

Getzlaff, K. , ed. , European Research Council (ERC) (2024) ERC Data Management Plan – WHIRLS. . European Research Council (ERC), 12 pp. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14359660.

Getzlaff, K. and WHIRLS Operational Management Committee (2024) WHIRLS Research Data Policy. . Zenodo, 4 pp. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14193288.

Schwarzkopf, F. U. (2025) Simulated surface normalised relative vorticity in INALT60. DOI 10.3289/INALT60_L120_KRS0020.

Schwarzkopf, F. U. (2025) Simulated surface normalised relative vorticity in eINALT100.. DOI 10.3289/eINALT100.Z120-KFS002_surfacevort_2021.

Doriot, V., Miracca Lage, M., Sunnercrantz, L. and Swart, S. (2026) Oceanic observations from an underwater Seaglider in the Cape Cauldron, South Africa (Sept-Nov/2025) (Version 0.0.0). [Dataset] DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18696586.

Großelindemann, H. , Castruccio, F., Danabasoglu, G. and Biastoch, A. (2024) Supplementary data to Grosselindemann et al. (2025): Long-term Variability and Trends of Agulhas Leakage and its Impacts on the Global Overturning. [Dataset]