Diapycnal transport and pattern formation in double-diffusive convection

• Main Author: Edwards, Erick L.
• Other Authors: Radko, Timour, Oceanography
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2015
• Subjects: double-diffusion; diffusive convection; salt fingering; diffusive flux; diapycnal velocity; Weddell Sea polynya; Maud Rise; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10945/47939

This work analyzes the role of double-diffusive convection in constraining diapycnal velocity in the mid-latitude thermocline and in the initiation and maintenance of the deep convection associated with polynya and sea ice thinning events. Previously, no comprehensive high-resolution modeling studie...