Topographic generation of submesoscale centrifugal instability and energy dissipation
Most of the ocean kinetic energy is contained in the large scale geostrophic currents and the pathways of energy toward dissipation are still in question. Here, the authors show that flow-topography interactions can generate submesoscale wakes and provide an efficient route to energy dissipation.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12811 |