Turbulent mixing driven by breaking internal tides plays a primary role in the meridional overturning and
oceanic heat budget.
Not exact matches
Additionally the
oceanic warming and cooling cycles introduce constant, rapid and substantial changes not yet reflected in any models and which invalidate any averaged global estimates of the planetary
heat budget.
izen says (I am just quoting one of his letters to nature that he quoted to me) The circulation of seawater through newly formed ocean crust at mid-ocean ridge spreading centres is important in the
oceanic heat and chemical
budgets.