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SUBMITTER: Busecke JJM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6357734 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Busecke Julius J M JJM Abernathey Ryan P RP
Science advances 20190123 1
Mesoscale turbulence in the ocean strongly affects the circulation, water mass formation, and transport of tracers. Little is known, however, about how mixing varies on climate timescales. We present the first time-resolved global dataset of lateral mesoscale eddy diffusivities at the ocean surface, obtained by applying the suppressed mixing length theory to satellite-observed velocities. We find interannual variability throughout the global ocean, regionally correlated with climate indices such ...[more]