Turbulence and diapycnal mixing in drake passage

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2143-2152

  St Laurent, L ^a   Naveira Garabato, A C ^b   Ledwell, J R ^a   Thurnherr, A M ^c   Toole, J M ^a   Watson, A J ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diapycnal mixing; Southern Ocean; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BACKGROUND LEVEL; DEEP WATER; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DISSIPATION RATES; DRAKE PASSAGE; FRONTAL ZONES; GLOBAL OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TURBULENCE LEVEL; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENCE;

MIXING;

ABYSSAL ZONE; BATHYMETRY; DEEP WATER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; OCEANIC FRONT; TURBULENCE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84872231681     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-027.1     Document Type: Article

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