Diapycnal Mixing in the Ocean: From Dissipation Scale to Large Scale Meridional Overturning Circulation

In this thesis we will investigate the role of diapycnal mixing on the ocean general circulation. This thesis is divided into three main parts. In the first part we show that there exists an almost infinite number of pathways to turbulence in oceanic energetic shear zones at high Reynolds number....

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Main Author: Mashayekhi, Alireza
Other Authors: Peltier, William Richard
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43660