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Wind-driven Mixing

Wind-Driven Mixing is a physical oceanographic process in which the transfer of momentum from wind stress to the ocean surface generates turbulence and entrainment that enhances vertical mixing within the upper ocean layer.

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Abyssal recipes II: energetics of tidal and wind mixing

Walter Munk, Carl Wunsch · Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · 1998 · 2.3K citations

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Parameterization of Vertical Mixing in Numerical Models of Tropical Oceans

R. C. Pacanowski, S. George Philander · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1981 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Diurnal cycling: Observations and models of the upper ocean response to diurnal heating, cooling, and wind mixing

James F. Price, Robert A. Weller, Robert Pinkel · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1986 · 1.3K citations

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Saltation of uniform grains in air

Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1964 · 1.1K citations

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Boundary Layer Wind Maxima and Their Significance for the Growth of Nocturnal Inversions

Alfred Blackadar · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 1957 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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  1. AM
    Alan M. Davies

    British Oceanographic Data Centre, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 353 citations

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  2. CW
    C. W. Fairall

    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 656 citations

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  3. LN
    Leif N. Thomas

    Stanford University, United States

    9 publications · 769 citations

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  4. JN
    James N. Moum

    Oregon State University, United States

    9 publications · 447 citations

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  5. RW
    Rik Wanninkhof

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, United States

    8 publications · 972 citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    33 h-index

    107 publications

    9.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    122 publications

    8.2K citations

  3. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    27 h-index

    73 publications

    5.7K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    26 h-index

    70 publications

    10.2K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    23 h-index

    45 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    23 h-index

    43 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    47 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    20 h-index

    68 publications

    3.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    166 publications · 12.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 124 publications · 11K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    58 publications · 4K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    53 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Continental Shelf Research

    32 publications · 1.3K citations

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