The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence

The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence

Persistent and intense mixing hotspots are generated where the Kuroshio flows over steep seamounts, with an increase in energy dissipation by two to three orders of magnitude, according to tow-yo microstructure measurements combined with numerical simulations.

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Main Authors: Takeyoshi Nagai, Daisuke Hasegawa, Eisuke Tsutsumi, Hirohiko Nakamura, Ayako Nishina, Tomoharu Senjyu, Takahiro Endoh, Takeshi Matsuno, Ryuichiro Inoue, Amit Tandon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00230-7
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spelling doaj-0d0eec037cc54c93801befdd60bbe8322021-08-29T11:15:27ZengNatureCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352021-08-012111110.1038/s43247-021-00230-7The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulenceTakeyoshi Nagai0Daisuke Hasegawa1Eisuke Tsutsumi2Hirohiko Nakamura3Ayako Nishina4Tomoharu Senjyu5Takahiro Endoh6Takeshi Matsuno7Ryuichiro Inoue8Amit Tandon9Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyFisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of TokyoAquatic Sciences, Kagoshima UniversityAquatic Sciences, Kagoshima UniversityResearch Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu UniversityResearch Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu UniversityResearch Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu UniversityOcean Circulation Research Group, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyMechanical Engineering Department & SMAST, University of Massachusetts DartmouthPersistent and intense mixing hotspots are generated where the Kuroshio flows over steep seamounts, with an increase in energy dissipation by two to three orders of magnitude, according to tow-yo microstructure measurements combined with numerical simulations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00230-7
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author Takeyoshi Nagai
Daisuke Hasegawa
Eisuke Tsutsumi
Hirohiko Nakamura
Ayako Nishina
Tomoharu Senjyu
Takahiro Endoh
Takeshi Matsuno
Ryuichiro Inoue
Amit Tandon
spellingShingle Takeyoshi Nagai
Daisuke Hasegawa
Eisuke Tsutsumi
Hirohiko Nakamura
Ayako Nishina
Tomoharu Senjyu
Takahiro Endoh
Takeshi Matsuno
Ryuichiro Inoue
Amit Tandon
The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
Communications Earth & Environment
author_facet Takeyoshi Nagai
Daisuke Hasegawa
Eisuke Tsutsumi
Hirohiko Nakamura
Ayako Nishina
Tomoharu Senjyu
Takahiro Endoh
Takeshi Matsuno
Ryuichiro Inoue
Amit Tandon
author_sort Takeyoshi Nagai
title The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
title_short The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
title_full The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
title_fullStr The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
title_full_unstemmed The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
title_sort kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence
publisher Nature
series Communications Earth & Environment
issn 2662-4435
publishDate 2021-08-01
description Persistent and intense mixing hotspots are generated where the Kuroshio flows over steep seamounts, with an increase in energy dissipation by two to three orders of magnitude, according to tow-yo microstructure measurements combined with numerical simulations.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00230-7
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