Is the deep Indian Ocean MOC sustained by breaking internal waves?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Huussen, T N ^a   Naveira Garabato, A C ^b   Bryden, H L ^b   McDonagh, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BUOYANCY FLUXES; DENSITY LEVELS; FINE STRUCTURES; HOT SPOT; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNAL WAVE BREAKING; INTERNAL WAVES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MIXING PROCESS; TOTAL ENERGY; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; UNDER-SAMPLING; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS; WAVEBREAKING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BREAKING WAVE; BUOYANCY; DEEP SEA; DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; TURBULENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84865454031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008236     Document Type: Article

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