Buoyancy and Wind-Driven Convection at Mixed Layer Density Fronts

In this study, the influence of a geostrophically balanced horizontal density gradient on turbulent convection in the ocean is examined using numerical simulations and a theoretical scaling analysis. Starting with uniform horizontal and vertical buoyancy gradients, convection is driven by imposing a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taylor, John Ryan, Ferrari, Raffaele
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63095
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-1956