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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rudnick, Daniel L.
• Boyd, Timothy J.
• Brainard, Russell E.
• Carter, Glenn S.
• Egbert, Gary D.
• Gregg, Michael C.
• Holloway, Peter E.
• Klymak, Jody M.
• Kunze, Eric
• Lee, Craig M.
• Levine, Murray D.
• Luther, Douglas S.
• Martin, Joseph P.
• Merrifield, Mark A.
• Moum, James N.
• Nash, Jonathan D.
• Pinkel, Robert
• Rainville, Luc
• Sanford, Thomas B.

Titel

From Tides to Mixing along the Hawaiian Ridge

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2003-07, Vol.301 (5631), p.355-357

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The cascade from tides to turbulence has been hypothesized to serve as a major energy pathway for ocean mixing. We investigated this cascade along the Hawaiian Ridge using observations and numerical models. A divergence of internal tidal energy flux observed at the ridge agrees with the predictions of internal tide models. Large internal tidal waves with peak-to-peak amplitudes of up to 300 meters occur on the ridge. Internal-wave energy is enhanced, and turbulent dissipation in the region near the ridge is 10 times larger than open-ocean values. Given these major elements in the tides-to-turbulence cascade, an energy budget approaches closure.