Radiation and Dissipation of Internal Waves Generated by Geostrophic Motions Impinging on Small-Scale Topography: Theory

Observations and inverse models suggest that small-scale turbulent mixing is enhanced in the Southern Ocean in regions above rough topography. The enhancement extends O(1) km above the topography, suggesting that mixing is supported by the breaking of gravity waves radiated from the ocean bottom. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nikurashin, Maxim, Ferrari, Raffaele
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: American Meteorological Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118188
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-1956