On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate
LM Beal, WPM De Ruijter, A Biastoch, R Zahn - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Ocean receives warm, saline water from the Indo-Pacific Ocean
through Agulhas leakage around the southern tip of Africa. Recent findings suggest that …
through Agulhas leakage around the southern tip of Africa. Recent findings suggest that …
Rotating horizontal convection
B Gayen, RW Griffiths - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Global differences of temperature and buoyancy flux at the ocean surface are responsible
for small-scale convection at high latitudes, global overturning, and the top-to-bottom density …
for small-scale convection at high latitudes, global overturning, and the top-to-bottom density …
Routes to energy dissipation for geostrophic flows in the Southern Ocean
The ocean circulation is forced at a global scale by winds and fluxes of heat and fresh water.
Kinetic energy is dissipated at much smaller scales in the turbulent boundary layers and in …
Kinetic energy is dissipated at much smaller scales in the turbulent boundary layers and in …
[HTML][HTML] The impact of a variable mixing efficiency on the abyssal overturning
The Impact of a Variable Mixing Efficiency on the Abyssal Overturning in: Journal of
Physical Oceanography Volume 46 Issue 2 (2016) Jump to Content Jump to Main …
Physical Oceanography Volume 46 Issue 2 (2016) Jump to Content Jump to Main …
Stability transitions and turbulence in horizontal convection
Recent results have shown that convection forced by a temperature gradient along one
horizontal boundary of a rectangular domain at a large Rayleigh number can be turbulent in …
horizontal boundary of a rectangular domain at a large Rayleigh number can be turbulent in …
On the energetics of stratified turbulent mixing, irreversible thermodynamics, Boussinesq models and the ocean heat engine controversy
R Tailleux - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2009 - cambridge.org
In this paper, the available potential energy (APE) framework of Winters et al.(J. Fluid Mech.,
vol. 289, 1995, p. 115) is extended to the fully compressible Navier–Stokes equations, with …
vol. 289, 1995, p. 115) is extended to the fully compressible Navier–Stokes equations, with …
Available potential energy and exergy in stratified fluids
R Tailleux - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Lorenz's theory of available potential energy (APE) remains the main framework for studying
the atmospheric and oceanic energy cycles. Because the APE generation rate is the volume …
the atmospheric and oceanic energy cycles. Because the APE generation rate is the volume …
Expedition 349 summary
C.-F. Li, J. Lin, DK Kulhanek, T. Williams, R. Bao, A. Briais, EA Brown, Y. Chen, PD Clift, FS
Colwell, KA Dadd, W.-W. Ding, I. Hernández-Almeida, X.-L. Huang, S. Hyun, T. Jiang, AAP …
Colwell, KA Dadd, W.-W. Ding, I. Hernández-Almeida, X.-L. Huang, S. Hyun, T. Jiang, AAP …
[HTML][HTML] The energetics of Southern Ocean upwelling
The Energetics of Southern Ocean Upwelling in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 47
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Is horizontal convection really “non‐turbulent?”
Within the geophysical community Horizontal Convection (HC) has been considered
irrelevant or nearly so in driving large scale overturning flows, based primarily on an …
irrelevant or nearly so in driving large scale overturning flows, based primarily on an …