Overview
Turbulent
mixing
is
a
crucial
driver
of
heat
and
nutrient
and
current
distributions
through
the
worlds
oceans.
Away
from direct surface forcing, most turbulent mixing in the ocean
interior is driven by breaking internal gravity waves. Global
levels
and patterns of mixing are hence set by the detailed geography of
internal wave generation, propagation and breaking. Our Climate
Process Team (CPT) was created to develop, test, and implement
dynamically
appropriate parameterizations for diapycnal mixing due to internal-wave
breaking for use in global climate models.
Our team combines academic scientists with training in observational, theoretical and numberical techniques with members of two national climate modeleing centers, GFDL and NCAR. Our official project runs from 2010-2015 For more detail on the motivation and background to our work, detailed physics of internal wave breaking, attempts to parameterize resultant mixing, and publications, see the list above.
Comments or inquiries please contact Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon [jmackinn at ucsd dot edu]
Our team combines academic scientists with training in observational, theoretical and numberical techniques with members of two national climate modeleing centers, GFDL and NCAR. Our official project runs from 2010-2015 For more detail on the motivation and background to our work, detailed physics of internal wave breaking, attempts to parameterize resultant mixing, and publications, see the list above.
Comments or inquiries please contact Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon [jmackinn at ucsd dot edu]
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We gratefully acknowledge funding from
NSF and NOAA |
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