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Internal Wave Mixing

Internal Wave Mixing is a physical oceanographic process belonging to the class of ocean mixing mechanisms, distinguished by the transfer of energy and momentum through the generation, propagation, and breaking of internal waves that induce turbulent mixing in stratified seawater.

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952

Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea

Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Allan R. Robinson, David A. Siegel et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1K citations

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Space-time scales of internal waves: A progress report

Christopher Garrett, Walter Munk · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1975 · 967 citations

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Turbulence and mixing in a Scottish Loch

S. A. Thorpe · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1977 · 859 citations

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Scaling turbulent dissipation in the thermocline

Michael C. Gregg · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 782 citations

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The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea

Matthew H. Alford, Thomas Peacock, Jennifer MacKinnon et al. · Nature · 2015 · 711 citations · Full text

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    Matthew H. Alford

    University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

    18 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Michael C. Gregg

    University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

    15 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. AC
    Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 2.2K citations

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    Bruce Sutherland

    University of Alberta, Canada

    15 publications · 421 citations

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  5. HV
    Hans van Haren

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    14 publications · 516 citations

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Institutions

649

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    39 h-index

    103 publications

    16.3K citations

  2. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    33 h-index

    76 publications

    9.7K citations

  3. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    70 publications

    7.3K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    30 h-index

    107 publications

    15.3K citations

  5. Ocean University of China

    Qingdao, China

    23 h-index

    129 publications

    4.8K citations

  6. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    22 h-index

    55 publications

    5.3K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    22 h-index

    39 publications

    6.3K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    38 publications

    5.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    118 publications · 9.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 66 publications · 7.7K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    43 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    51 publications · 3.7K citations

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  5. Continental Shelf Research

    43 publications · 1.8K citations

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