Effects of turbulent mixing and horizontal shear on double-diffusive interleaving in the central and western equatorial Pacific SCIE SCOPUS

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dc.contributor.author Kuzmina, N -
dc.contributor.author Lee, JH -
dc.contributor.author Zhurbas, V -
dc.date.accessioned 2020-04-20T15:25:38Z -
dc.date.available 2020-04-20T15:25:38Z -
dc.date.created 2020-01-28 -
dc.date.issued 2004-01 -
dc.identifier.issn 0022-3670 -
dc.identifier.uri https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/5314 -
dc.description.abstract The effects of small-scale turbulence and the horizontal shear on double-diffusive interleaving are treated in the framework of a linear stability problem in the equatorial beta-plane approximation. The model predicts the decrease of the vertical wavenumber (m(max)) and growth rate (lambda(max)) for the fastest-growing intrusion with the increase in the turbulent diffusivity and predicts increased lambda(max) and decreased m(max) with the horizontal shear of the mean zonal flow. The effects of turbulent mixing are analyzed at different values of the Prandtl number, and the criteria of instability are obtained analytically for some simple cases. Special attention is focused on the influence of the horizontal shear on instability, as with the f-plane models of interleaving. The CTD profiling data obtained from Korean and Russian research vessels are used to prove the model. A closely spaced CTD section across the equator at 176degrees16'W shows several intrusive layers with high lateral coherence throughout the section, which are suddenly broken inside a narrow latitudinal band. The model suggests that the breakdown results from enhanced turbulent mixing in the wake behind Baker Island, which is situated just 10 n mi west of the section. The CTD data collected in the section across the equator at 152degrees30'E reveal an intensification of intrusions in a latitudinal band where the Equatorial Undercurrent is found. In accordance with the model, the intensification supposedly results from the effect of the horizontal shear attributed to the undercurrent. In terms of the applications of the model results, the value of the turbulent mixing ratio is estimated in the wake behind Baker Island, and mechanisms of intrusive layering are discussed. It is found that the intrusions observed in a meridional section, from 2degrees to 1degreesS at 176degrees16'W, correspond satisfactorily to the 2D baroclinic instability triggered by double diffusion. -
dc.description.uri 1 -
dc.language English -
dc.publisher AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC -
dc.subject FINE-STRUCTURE -
dc.subject STABILITY -
dc.subject UNDERCURRENT -
dc.subject VARIABILITY -
dc.subject INSTABILITY -
dc.subject INTRUSIONS -
dc.subject OCEAN -
dc.title Effects of turbulent mixing and horizontal shear on double-diffusive interleaving in the central and western equatorial Pacific -
dc.type Article -
dc.citation.endPage 141 -
dc.citation.startPage 122 -
dc.citation.title JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY -
dc.citation.volume 34 -
dc.citation.number 1 -
dc.contributor.alternativeName 이재학 -
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, v.34, no.1, pp.122 - 141 -
dc.identifier.doi 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0122:EOTMAH>2.0.CO;2 -
dc.identifier.scopusid 2-s2.0-1342330307 -
dc.identifier.wosid 000188706900008 -
dc.type.docType Article -
dc.description.journalClass 1 -
dc.subject.keywordPlus FINE-STRUCTURE -
dc.subject.keywordPlus STABILITY -
dc.subject.keywordPlus UNDERCURRENT -
dc.subject.keywordPlus VARIABILITY -
dc.subject.keywordPlus INSTABILITY -
dc.subject.keywordPlus INTRUSIONS -
dc.subject.keywordPlus OCEAN -
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory Oceanography -
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass scie -
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass scopus -
dc.relation.journalResearchArea Oceanography -
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