Comments on Eddies, Mixing and the Large-Scale Ocean Circulation
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چکیده
Some recent laboratory and numerical studies of idealized ocean gyres and circumpolar currents are reviewed in the context of what they might tell us about the relative role of eddy transfer and mixing in setting the structure of the large-scale ocean circulation.
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Vertical Mixing , Energy , and the General Circulation of the Oceans
■ Abstract The coexistence in the deep ocean of a finite, stable stratification, a strong meridional overturning circulation, and mesoscale eddies raises complex questions concerning the circulation energetics. In particular, small-scale mixing processes are necessary to resupply the potential energy removed in the interior by the overturning and eddy-generating process. A number of lines of ev...
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