Marine Science Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2016
Keywords
diapycnal mixing, temporal variability, South China Sea, mesoscale eddies, near‐inertial waves, MMP observation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012044
Abstract
Temporal variability of diapycnal mixing over 7 months in the northern South China Sea was examined based on McLane Moored Profiler observations from 850 to 2200 m by employing a finescale parameterization. Intensified diffusivity exceeding the order of 10−3 m2/s in magnitude was found over the first half of October 2014, and from 2 December 2014 to 21 January 2015 (a typical wintertime). Strong internal tides and winds in winter were the likely candidates for the high‐level diapycnal mixing in winter. As for the enhanced mixing during October 2014, we suspect the generation of near‐bottom near‐inertial waves through the interaction of mesoscale eddies and unique bottom topography was the cause.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 121, issue 12, p. 8840-8848
An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2016. American Geophysical Union.
Sun, H., Q. Yang, W. Zhao, X. Liang, and J. Tian (2016), Temporal variability of diapycnal mixing in the northern South China Sea, J. Geophys. Res.Oceans, 121, 8840–8848, doi:10.1002/2016JC012044
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Scholar Commons Citation
Sun, Hui; Yang, Qingxuan; Zhao, Wei; Liang, Xinfeng; and Tian, Jiwei, "Temporal Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in the Northern South China Sea" (2016). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 238.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/238
