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
Mashayek A
(2017)
Topographic enhancement of vertical turbulent mixing in the Southern Ocean.
in Nature communications
Watson A
(2012)
Turbulence and Diapycnal Mixing in Drake Passage
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
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 |