Enhanced Diapycnal Diffusivity in Intrusive Regions of the Drake Passage

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Laurent, Louis St., Owens, Breck, Thurnherr, Andreas M., Toole, John M., Merrifield, Sophia Tiare
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2015
• Subjects: Drake Passage; Osborn
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106308

Direct measurements of oceanic turbulent parameters were taken upstream of and across Drake Passage, in the region of the Subantarctic and Polar Fronts. Values of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate ε estimated by microstructure are up to two orders of magnitude lower than previously published...