Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic
How the tropical mixed layer of the ocean reacts to near-inertial waves has rarely been observed directly. Here, the authors present new data that shows strongly elevated vertical diffusive heat flux in the presence of near-inertial waves, causing a cooling of the mixed layer that is particularly st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17601-x |