Convective and shear-induced turbulence in the deep Kane Gap

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Van Haren, H., Morozov, E., Gostiaux, Louis, Tarakanov, Roman
• Other Authors: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO), Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow (RAS), Laboratoire de Mecanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique (LMFA), École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: [PHYS.MECA.MEFL]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; [SPI.MECA.MEFL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Antarctic; Kane; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00880518; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00880518/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00880518/file/VANHAREN_JGR_2013.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009282

International audience The boundary layer above a 4569 m deep slope in the near-equatorial N-Atlantic Ocean Kane Gap, a through-flow for Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), is characterized by two distinct turbulent regimes that differ by an order of magnitude in intensity depending on the direction of t...