Internal wave-driven mixing: Governing processes and consequences for climate

CB Whalen, C De Lavergne… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Turbulent mixing from breaking oceanic internal waves drives a vertical transport of water,
heat and other climatically important tracers in the ocean, thereby playing an important role …

Closing the loops on Southern Ocean dynamics: From the circumpolar current to ice shelves and from bottom mixing to surface waves

LG Bennetts, CJ Shakespeare… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A holistic review is given of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, in the context of the crucial
role it plays in the global climate and the profound changes it is experiencing. The review …

Deep-ocean mixing driven by small-scale internal tides

C Vic, AC Naveira Garabato, JAM Green… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Turbulent mixing in the ocean is key to regulate the transport of heat, freshwater and
biogeochemical tracers, with strong implications for Earth's climate. In the deep ocean, tides …

Oceanic internal tides. Observations, analysis and modeling

EG Morozov - A Global View, Springer, Switzerland, 2018 - Springer
This book presents the author's study of the properties of internal tides. The experimental
data that were used in this research were collected during experiments aimed at studying …

Toward global maps of internal tide energy sinks

C de Lavergne, S Falahat, G Madec, F Roquet… - Ocean Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
Internal tides power much of the observed small-scale turbulence in the ocean interior. To
represent mixing induced by this turbulence in ocean climate models, the cascade of …

[HTML][HTML] Global observations of open-ocean mode-1 M2 internal tides

Z Zhao, MH Alford, JB Girton… - Journal of Physical …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Global Observations of Open-Ocean Mode-1 M2 Internal Tides in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 46 Issue 6 (2016) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

The impact of oceanic near-inertial waves on climate

M Jochum, BP Briegleb, G Danabasoglu… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) is used to assess the
climate impact of wind-generated near-inertial waves (NIWs). Even with high-frequency …

[HTML][HTML] Baroclinic tidal sea level from exact-repeat mission altimetry

ED Zaron - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Baroclinic Tidal Sea Level from Exact-Repeat Mission Altimetry in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 49 Issue 1 (2019) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo …

Sensitivity of the ocean state to the vertical distribution of internal-tide-driven mixing

A Melet, R Hallberg, S Legg… - Journal of Physical …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
The ocean interior stratification and meridional overturning circulation are largely sustained
by diapycnal mixing. The breaking of internal tides is a major source of diapycnal mixing …

[HTML][HTML] Long-range propagation of the semidiurnal internal tide from the Hawaiian Ridge

Z Zhao, MH Alford, JA MacKinnon… - Journal of Physical …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Bathymetry (colors) of the IWAP experiment site. The 3000-m isobath contours are shown in
gray, together with the ship track (white line), mooring locations (black dots), and the …