Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3523615s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 23, CiteID L23615
Physics
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Oceanography: Physical: Turbulence, Diffusion, And Mixing Processes (4490), Oceanography: Physical: Fine Structure And Microstructure, Oceanography: Physical: Internal And Inertial Waves
Scientific paper
Measurements of turbulence along the continental slope, shelfbreak, and shelf of the northern South China Sea are presented from a 10-day measurement program during April 2005. The shelfbreak region was characterized by a deep stratification that appears to be typical of the late winter-monsoon. This appears to shift the wave field at the shelfbreak from the soliton-like depression anomalies observed in previous years to a more complex wave field, supporting high-frequency waves in both upper and lower depth-intervals of the water column. On average, 30% of the depth-integrated turbulent dissipation occurs within 10 m of the bottom, where baroclinic energy is preferentially dissipated. Dissipation levels, reaching 50 mW/m2, are an order of magnitude larger than those attainable through frictional dissipation of the local barotropic tide, and an order of magnitude larger than levels typical in the open ocean.
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