Sentences with phrase «diapycnal mixing»

The theory shows that dynamics of the overturning circulation can be characterized by two limiting regimes, corresponding to weak and strong diapycnal mixing.

Quantify the magnitude, location, and physical mechanisms associated with interior diapycnal mixing in the ocean, which contribute to the diabatic AMOC, and evaluate the realism of current ocean GCMs in this regard.

Woodgate, R.A., K. Aagaard, J.H. Swift, K.K. Falkner and W.M. Smethie,» Pacific Ventilation of the Arctic Ocean's lower halocline by upwelling and diapycnal mixing over the continental margin `, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L18609, doi: 10.1029 / 2005GL023999, 2005.

Quantify the magnitude, location, and physical mechanisms associated with interior diapycnal mixing in the ocean, which contribute to the diabatic AMOC, and evaluate the realism of current GCMs in this regard.

Not exact matches

Mugwump, you talk about the «average diapycnal heat transfer of the ocean», but what Douglass» revised model actually requires is the heat transfer out of the upper mixed layer, which must (according to his ~ 5 month time scale) be very shallow.