Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release
@article{Watson2013RapidCO, title={Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release}, author={Andrew J. Watson and James R. Ledwell and Marie-Jos{\'e} Messias and Brian A. King and Neill Mackay and Michael P. Meredith and Benjamin J. W. Mills and Alberto Naveira Garabato}, journal={Nature}, year={2013}, volume={501}, pages={408-411} }
Diapycnal mixing (across density surfaces) is an important process in the global ocean overturning circulation. Mixing in the interior of most of the ocean, however, is thought to have a magnitude just one-tenth of that required to close the global circulation by the downward mixing of less dense waters. Some of this deficit is made up by intense near-bottom mixing occurring in restricted ‘hot-spots’ associated with rough ocean-floor topography, but it is not clear whether the waters at mid…
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