The impact of a variable mixing efficiency on the abyssal overturning
In studies of ocean mixing, it is generally assumed that small-scale turbulent overturns lose 15-20 % of their energy in eroding the background stratification. Accumulating evidence that this energy fraction, or mixing efficiency Rf, significantly varies depending on flow properties challenges this...
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| Language: | English |
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2016-02.
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