Tidally Driven Mixing "Hot Spot" at the Entrance of the Japan/East Sea
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Title
- Tidally Driven Mixing "Hot Spot" at the Entrance of the Japan/East Sea
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Author(s)
- Wijesekera, Hemantha W.; Jarosz, Ewa; Wang, David W.; Luecke, Conrad A.; Teague, William J.; Chang, Kyung-Il; Lee, Jae Hak; Nam, SungHyun; Min, Hong Sik; Lee, Kyung Jae
- KIOST Author(s)
- Min, Hong Sik(민홍식); Lee, Kyung Jae(이경재)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 민홍식; 이경재
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Publication Year
- 2022-09
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Abstract
- Mixing at the southwestern boundary of the Ulleung Basin (UB) in the Japan/East Sea was examined using combined ship-based, moored, and quasi-autonomous observations. These observations revealed strong tidal currents, high-frequency internal wave packets, and energetic turbulence over the sill connecting the Korea/Tsushima Strait and the UB, especially when a supercritical flow becomes subcritical over the sill. In addition, strong velocity shear associated with the semidiurnal baroclinic tide was found near the bottom, where the bathymetry slope was critical to the semidiurnal tide. Large temperature fluctuations were observed during the subcritical phase of the flow, as hydraulically controlled flow generated internal-wave packets and energetic turbulence with a turbulent-kinetic-energy dissipation rate of similar to $\sim $10(-4) Wkg(-1), and a diapycnal diffusivity of similar to $\sim $10(-2) m(2)s(-1). Our analysis suggests that the sill is a hot spot of mixing, which in turn can play an important role in the Japan/East Sea circulation.
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ISSN
- 0094-8276
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/43213
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DOI
- 10.1029/2022GL100315
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Bibliographic Citation
- Geophysical Research Letters, v.49, no.18, 2022
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Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
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Keywords
- turbulence; mixing; tides; Sea of Japan; East Sea; Korea Strait
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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