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Density Layer Mixing

Density Layer Mixing is a methodological construct in physical oceanography that specifically characterizes the lateral mixing of water masses along surfaces of constant density, distinguishing itself from other mixing processes by its confinement to isopycnal surfaces and its role in tracer transport and ventilation without inducing diapycnal mass transfer.

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Density Stratification, Turbulence, but How Much Mixing?

Gregory N. Ivey, K.B. Winters, Jeffrey R. Koseff · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2008 · 370 citations

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Onset of turbulence induced by a Kelvin‐Helmholtz vortex

Yosuke Matsumoto, M. Hoshino · Geophysical Research Letters · 2004 · 146 citations · Full text

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The Production and Dissipation of Compensated Thermohaline Variance by Mesoscale Stirring

K. Shafer Smith, Raffaele Ferrari · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2009 · 133 citations · Full text

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The Generation of Large-Amplitude Unsteady Lee Waves by Subinertial<i>K</i><sub>1</sub>Tidal Flow: A Possible Vertical Mixing Mechanism in the Kuril Straits

Tomohiro Nakamura, Toshiyuki Awaji, Takaki Hatayama et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2000 · 127 citations · Full text

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Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release

Andrew Watson, James R. Ledwell, Marie‐José Messias et al. · Nature · 2013 · 95 citations

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Authors

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  1. JR
    James R. Ledwell

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    4 publications · 243 citations

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  2. AW
    Andrew Watson

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 243 citations

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  3. MM
    Marie‐José Messias

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 222 citations

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  4. EF
    Elisabet Fogelqvist

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 publications · 127 citations

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  5. TT
    Toste Tanhua

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    2 publications · 127 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    253 citations

  2. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    163 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    279 citations

  5. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    432 citations

  6. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    241 citations

  7. Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  8. TU Wien

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    4 publications · 285 citations

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  2. Nature

    3 publications · 182 citations

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  3. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    2 publications · 76 citations

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