Direct estimate of lateral eddy diffusivity upstream of drake passage

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2593-2616

  Tulloch, Ross ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^a   Jahn, Oliver ^a   Klocker, Andreas ^b   Lacasce, Joseph ^c   Ledwell, James R ^d   Marshall, John ^a   Messias, Marie Jose ^e   Speer, Kevin ^f   Watson, Andrew ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation Dynamics; Diffusion; Eddies; Geographic location entity; Isopycnal mixing; Ocean circulation; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Southern Ocean; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE;

DRAKE PASSAGE; EDDIES; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DIFFUSION;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84910095232     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0120.1     Document Type: Article

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