Global surface eddy diffusivities derived from satellite altimetry

• Main Authors: Abernathey, Ryan Patrick, Marshall, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2013
• Subjects: Eddies; Oceanic mixing; Diffusion; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Southern Ocean; Pacific; Osborn
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8bv7ghx; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8BV7GHX

[1] Velocities derived from AVISO sea-surface height observations, adjusted to be nondivergent, are used to simulate the evolution of passive tracers at the ocean surface. Eddy mixing rates are derived from the tracer fields in two ways. First, the method of Nakamura is applied to a sector in the Ea...