Observations and modeling of symmetric instability in the ocean interior in the Northwestern Equatorial Pacific

Symmetric instability can occur in the ocean interior, and reveals a previously unrecognized route to energy dissipation in the ocean, suggest direct microstructure measurements from the Northwestern Equatorial Pacific Ocean.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hui Zhou, William Dewar, Wenlong Yang, Hengchang Liu, Xu Chen, Rui Li, Chenglong Liu, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00362-4