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 …
heat and other climatically important tracers in the ocean, thereby playing an important role …
Mixing by oceanic lee waves
S Legg - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Oceanic lee waves are generated in the deep stratified ocean by the flow of ocean currents
over sea floor topography, and when they break, they can lead to mixing in the stably …
over sea floor topography, and when they break, they can lead to mixing in the stably …
Statistical characteristics of cyclonic warm-core eddies and anticyclonic cold-core eddies in the North Pacific based on remote sensing data
W Sun, C Dong, W Tan, Y He - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
A (an) cyclonic (anticyclonic) eddy is usually associated with a cold (warm) core caused by
the eddy-induced divergence (convergence) motion. However, there are also some cyclonic …
the eddy-induced divergence (convergence) motion. However, there are also some cyclonic …
Latitude-dependent finescale turbulent shear generations in the Pacific tropical-extratropical upper ocean
Turbulent mixing, which is critically important for the equilibrium of ocean circulation, is
controlled by finescale turbulent shear (S 2) of oceanic flows through shear instability …
controlled by finescale turbulent shear (S 2) of oceanic flows through shear instability …
Topographic enhancement of vertical turbulent mixing in the Southern Ocean
A Mashayek, R Ferrari, S Merrifield, JR Ledwell… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
It is an open question whether turbulent mixing across density surfaces is sufficiently large to
play a dominant role in closing the deep branch of the ocean meridional overturning …
play a dominant role in closing the deep branch of the ocean meridional overturning …
[HTML][HTML] Energy sinks for lee waves in shear flow
Arbic, BK, and G. Flierl, 2004: Baroclinically unstable geostrophic turbulence in the limit of
strong and weak bottom Ekman friction: Application to mid-ocean eddies. J. Phys …
strong and weak bottom Ekman friction: Application to mid-ocean eddies. J. Phys …
Observations of internal wave interactions in a Southern Ocean standing meander
We characterize the internal wave field at a standing meander of the Antarctic Circumpolar
Current (ACC) where strong winds, bathymetry, and a strong eddy field combine to form a …
Current (ACC) where strong winds, bathymetry, and a strong eddy field combine to form a …
[HTML][HTML] Suppression of internal wave breaking in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current near topography
S Waterman, KL Polzin, ACN Garabato… - Journal of Physical …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Suppression of Internal Wave Breaking in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current near
Topography in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 44 Issue 5 (2014) Jump to …
Topography in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 44 Issue 5 (2014) Jump to …
Mixing at the ocean's bottom boundary
KL Polzin, TJ McDougall - Ocean mixing, 2022 - Elsevier
The lower limb of the global overturning circulation represents the transformation of waters
previously made dense by cryogenic processes around Antarctica that have found their way …
previously made dense by cryogenic processes around Antarctica that have found their way …
Surface reflection of bottom generated oceanic lee waves
LE Baker, A Mashayek - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Lee waves generated by stratified flow over rough bottom topography in the ocean extract
momentum and energy from the geostrophic flow, causing drag and enhancing turbulence …
momentum and energy from the geostrophic flow, causing drag and enhancing turbulence …