DIMES: Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean
Lead Research Organisation:
University of East Anglia
Department Name: Environmental Sciences
Abstract
Detailed in Lead Institution (NOC) Proposal
Organisations
Publications
Watson A
(2012)
Turbulence and Diapycnal Mixing in Drake Passage
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Watson AJ
(2013)
Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release.
in Nature
Sheen K
(2013)
Rates and mechanisms of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the Southern Ocean: Results from the Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES)
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Frants M
(2013)
An Assessment of Density-Based Finescale Methods for Estimating Diapycnal Diffusivity in the Southern Ocean
in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Sheen K
(2014)
Eddy-induced variability in Southern Ocean abyssal mixing on climatic timescales
in Nature Geoscience
Trossman D
(2015)
Internal lee wave closures: Parameter sensitivity and comparison to observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Meredith M
(2015)
Circulation, retention, and mixing of waters within the W eddell- S cotia C onfluence, S outhern O cean: The role of stratified T aylor columns
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Evans D
(2017)
Recent Wind-Driven Variability in Atlantic Water Mass Distribution and Meridional Overturning Circulation
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Cusack J
(2017)
Observation of a Large Lee Wave in the Drake Passage
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Mashayek A
(2017)
Topographic enhancement of vertical turbulent mixing in the Southern Ocean.
in Nature communications
| Description | Revised diagnosis of the distribution of isopycnal mixing in the Southern Ocean. Determination of the roles of eddy kinetic energy and mixing suppression by jets in setting mixing rates. Resolution of the apparent paradox of weak mixing in regions of high eddy kinetic energy seen in zonal mean sections of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Assessment of the temporal variability of isopycnal mixing in the Southern Ocean. Demonstration (from the spread of a deliberate tracer) that mid-depth diapycnal mixing is greatly enhanced over rough topography in the Southern Ocean. First systematic assessment of finescale parameterizations of turbulent mixing with microstructure measurements. |
| Exploitation Route | See NE/E007058/1 |
| Sectors | Environment |
| Description | See NE/E007058/1 |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Other |