Nonlinearly interacting entrainment due to shear and convection in the surface ocean

Abstract Large-eddy simulations were performed to investigate the entrainment buoyancy flux at the mixed layer base due to nonlinearly interacting shear-driven turbulence (ST) and convective turbulence (CT). The fluxes due to pure ST and pure CT were first evaluated, and their scalings were derived....

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Main Authors: Yusuke Ushijima, Yutaka Yoshikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14098-w