IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v501y2013i7467d10.1038_nature12432.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release

Author

Listed:
  • Andrew J. Watson

    (School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    Present address: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Laver Building, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK.)

  • James R. Ledwell

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Marie-José Messias

    (School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    Present address: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Laver Building, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK.)

  • Brian A. King

    (National Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK)

  • Neill Mackay

    (School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK)

  • Michael P. Meredith

    (British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
    Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, PA37 1QA, UK)

  • Benjamin Mills

    (School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    Present address: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Laver Building, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK.)

  • Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

    (National Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
    University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK)

Abstract

An ocean tracer release in the Drake Passage, between South America and Antarctica, shows that its rough bottom topography causes greatly increased internal mixing, by a factor of about 20 at depths of around 1,500 metres.

Suggested Citation

  • Andrew J. Watson & James R. Ledwell & Marie-José Messias & Brian A. King & Neill Mackay & Michael P. Meredith & Benjamin Mills & Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, 2013. "Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release," Nature, Nature, vol. 501(7467), pages 408-411, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:501:y:2013:i:7467:d:10.1038_nature12432
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12432
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12432
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature12432?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:501:y:2013:i:7467:d:10.1038_nature12432. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.