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Salinity Mixing

Salinity Mixing is a geophysical process within oceanic mesoscale dynamics denoting the lateral and vertical redistribution of seawater salinity by eddy-induced turbulent stirring, distinguished from molecular diffusion by its dependence on rotational fluid motions to enhance scalar variance dissipation.

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285

Isopycnal Mixing in Ocean Circulation Models

Peter R. Gent, James C. McWilliams · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1990 · 3.3K citations

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The “Salt-Fountain” and Thermohaline Convection

Melvin E. Stern · Tellus · 1960 · 433 citations

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Reduced mixing generates oscillations and chaos in the oceanic deep chlorophyll maximum

Jef Huisman, Nga N. Pham Thi, David M. Karl et al. · Nature · 2006 · 397 citations · Full text

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The “Salt-Fountain” and Thermohaline Convection

Melvin E. Stern · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography · 1960 · 347 citations · Full text

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Optical absorption spectra of waters from the Orinoco River outflow: Terrestrial input of colored organic matter to the Caribbean

Neil V. Blough, Oliver C. Zafiriou, Jaime Bonilla · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 278 citations

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Authors

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  1. RW
    Raymond W. Schmitt

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    7 publications · 836 citations

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  2. TJ
    Trevor J. McDougall

    CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Australia

    7 publications · 734 citations

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  3. TR
    Timour Radko

    Naval Postgraduate School, United States

    5 publications · 317 citations

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  4. SG
    Sjoerd Groeskamp

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 206 citations

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  5. ME
    Melvin E. Stern

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    4 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

333

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    19 h-index

    37 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    682 citations

  4. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    816 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    468 citations

  6. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    794 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    999 citations

  8. Université de Bretagne Occidentale

    Brest, France

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    328 citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    59 publications · 6.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 41 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    21 publications · 822 citations

    18

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  4. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    12 publications · 532 citations

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