Turbulence and mixing by internal waves in the Celtic Sea determined from ocean glider microstructure measurements

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 144, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-69

  Palmer, M R ^a   Stephenson, G R ^b   Inall, M E ^c   Balfour, C ^b   Dusterhus A ^a   Green, J A M ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous systems; Diapycnal mixing; Internal waves; Ocean glider; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GLIDERS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TURBULENCE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; INTERNAL WAVES; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS; OCEAN GLIDERS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; PYCNOCLINE; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; WAVE FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84949125947     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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