Estimating mixing rates from seismic images of oceanic structure

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Sheen, K L, White, N. J., Hobbs, R. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2009
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Munk; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1119/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1119/1/Sheen_White_JGR_36_Sep_2009.PDF; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL040106

An improved understanding of the spatial distribution of diapycnal mixing in the oceans is the key to elucidating how meridional overturning circulation is closed. The challenge is to develop techniques which can be used to determine the variation of diapycnal mixing as a function of space and time...