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...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Zhai, Xiaoming, Greatbatch, Richard J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published: 2006
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North Atlantic
Online Access:https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43791/
https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027875
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spelling ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:43791 2023-05-15T17:30:49+02:00 Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data Zhai, Xiaoming Greatbatch, Richard J. 2006-12 https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43791/ https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027875 unknown Zhai, Xiaoming and Greatbatch, Richard J. (2006) Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (24). ISSN 0094-8276 doi:10.1029/2006GL027875 Article PeerReviewed 2006 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027875 2023-01-30T21:35:57Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository Geophysical Research Letters 33 24
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description 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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author Zhai, Xiaoming
Greatbatch, Richard J.
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Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
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title Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
title_short Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
title_full Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
title_fullStr Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
title_full_unstemmed Inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
title_sort inferring the eddy-induced diffusivity for heat in the surface mixed layer using satellite data
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