Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
The eddy-induced diffusivity for heat at the surface of the western North Atlantic Ocean is estimated using satellite altimetry and sea surface temperature data. A rotational eddy flux is removed from the total eddy flux following the ideas of Marshall and Shutts (1981). The resulting eddy-induced d...
Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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2006
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Online Access: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43791/ https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027875 |
Summary: | The eddy-induced diffusivity for heat at the surface of the western North Atlantic Ocean is estimated using satellite altimetry and sea surface temperature data. A rotational eddy flux is removed from the total eddy flux following the ideas of Marshall and Shutts (1981). The resulting eddy-induced diffusivity shows considerable spatial variability with a value near 104 m2 s-1 just to the south of the Gulf Stream and values in the range 1–2 × 103 m2 s-1 within the Gulf Stream itself. |
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