DIFFERENTIAL VERTICAL TRANSPORT OF HEAT AND SALT BY WEAK STRATIFIED TURBULENCE

Authors
MERRYFIELD WJ HOLLOWAY G GARGETT AE
Citation
Wj. Merryfield et al., DIFFERENTIAL VERTICAL TRANSPORT OF HEAT AND SALT BY WEAK STRATIFIED TURBULENCE, Geophysical research letters, 25(15), 1998, pp. 2773-2776
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
25
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2773 - 2776
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1998)25:15<2773:DVTOHA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Numerical experiments are described in which overturning motions mix t emperature and salt across stabilizing vertical gradients. In all inst ances, mixing of temperature exceeds that of salt. Temperature and sal inity fluxes can differ significantly, even when large compared to the thermal conductive flux.