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Editors' biographies |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Ocean mixing: oceanography at a watershed |
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3 | (2) |
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2 The role of ocean mixing in the climate system |
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2.2 The role of ocean mixing in shaping the contemporary climate mean state |
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2.2.1 Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Mixing in exchanges between marginal seas and the open ocean |
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16 | (1) |
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2.2.4 Mixing and marine ecosystems |
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17 | (1) |
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2.3 Ocean mixing and transient climate change |
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18 | (3) |
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2.3.1 Ocean anthropogenic heat and carbon uptake |
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18 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Contemporary and future sea level rise |
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19 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Changes in nutrient fluxes |
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20 | (1) |
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2.3.4 Changes in ocean mixing sources |
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21 | (1) |
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2.4 Ocean mixing in past climate states |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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2.4.2 The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) |
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23 | (1) |
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2.5 Summary and conclusion |
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23 | (12) |
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25 | (10) |
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3 The role of mixing in the large-scale ocean circulation |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (4) |
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3.3 Non-dissipative theories of ocean circulation |
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40 | (2) |
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40 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Momentum redistribution by geostrophic turbulence |
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41 | (1) |
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3.4 How can mixing shape circulation? |
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42 | (1) |
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3.4.1 By altering surface wind and buoyancy forcing |
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42 | (1) |
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3.4.2 By altering density gradients |
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42 | (1) |
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3.4.3 By producing and consuming water masses |
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43 | (1) |
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3.5 Where is mixing most effective at shaping circulation? |
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43 | (6) |
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3.5.1 Isotropic mixing, from top to bottom |
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44 | (3) |
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3.5.2 Mesoscale stirring, from top to bottom |
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47 | (2) |
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3.6 Some impacts on basin-scale overturning circulation |
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49 | (4) |
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3.6.1 Abyssal overturning cell |
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49 | (2) |
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3.6.2 North Atlantic Deep Water circulation |
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51 | (1) |
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3.6.3 Southern Ocean upwelling: adiabatic or diabatic? |
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52 | (1) |
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3.6.4 The return flow to the North Atlantic |
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52 | (1) |
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3.6.5 Shallow hemispheric cells |
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53 | (1) |
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3.7 Some impacts on basin-scale horizontal circulation |
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53 | (3) |
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53 | (2) |
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3.7.2 The Stommel and Arons circulation |
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55 | (1) |
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3.7.3 The Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (9) |
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57 | (8) |
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4 Ocean near-surface layers |
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65 | (1) |
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4.2 Mixing layers and mixed layers in theory |
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66 | (13) |
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4.2.1 Mixing and surface layers: Monin--Obukhov scaling |
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68 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Near-surface distinctions from M--O theory and each other |
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70 | (6) |
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4.2.3 Mixed layers: boundary layer memory |
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76 | (2) |
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4.2.4 A home for submesoscales |
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78 | (1) |
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4.3 Observing the surface layers and their processes |
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79 | (3) |
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79 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Wave-driven turbulence |
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81 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Laboratory experiments |
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81 | (1) |
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4.4 Modelling surface layers and their processes |
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82 | (3) |
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4.4.1 Large eddy simulations |
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82 | (1) |
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4.4.2 1D boundary layer models |
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82 | (2) |
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4.4.3 Ocean and climate models |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Surface layers, weather, and climate |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (10) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (9) |
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5 The lifecycle of surface-generated near-inertial waves |
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95 | (1) |
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5.2 Generation of near-inertial waves at the surface |
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95 | (3) |
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5.3 Propagation of near-inertial waves out of the mixed layer |
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98 | (4) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Interaction with frontal vertical circulations |
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101 | (1) |
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5.4 Interactions of near-inertial waves with variable stratification, other internal waves, and mean flows in the interior |
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102 | (5) |
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5.4.1 Variable stratification |
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102 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Interactions with other internal waves |
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103 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Interactions with mean flows |
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104 | (3) |
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5.5 Dissipation of near-inertial waves |
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107 | (3) |
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5.5.1 Near-surface dissipation |
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107 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Interior dissipation |
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108 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Near-bottom dissipation |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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5.7 Conclusions and outstanding questions |
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111 | (6) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (5) |
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6 The lifecycle of topographically-generated internal waves |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (7) |
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118 | (5) |
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6.2.2 Quasi-steady lee waves |
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123 | (2) |
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6.3 Internal tide propagation and an integral estimate of decay |
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125 | (1) |
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6.4 Wave-wave interactions |
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126 | (4) |
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6.4.1 Theoretical background |
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126 | (2) |
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6.4.2 Parametric subharmonic instability of the internal tide |
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128 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Wave-wave interactions in finestructure methods, mixing parameterisations, and numerical simulations |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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6.5 Wave-mean flow interactions |
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130 | (3) |
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6.5.1 Theoretical background |
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130 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Mean-flow effects on wave propagation |
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131 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Mean-flow effects on wave energy |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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6.6 Wave-topography interaction |
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133 | (3) |
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6.6.1 Theoretical background & observational estimates |
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134 | (1) |
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6.6.2 Global distribution |
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135 | (1) |
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6.7 Conclusions and outstanding questions |
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136 | (9) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (7) |
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7 Mixing at the ocean's bottom boundary |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (8) |
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147 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Boundary conditions |
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148 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Coordinate transformations and the one-dimensional model |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (1) |
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7.2.5 Energetics and mixing |
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152 | (3) |
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7.3 Implications of the bottom intensification of ocean mixing for upwelling: buoyancy budgets for bottom-intensified mixing |
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155 | (9) |
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7.3.1 Abyssal ocean circulation models are sensitive to bottom topography |
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156 | (1) |
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7.3.2 One-dimensional solutions for flow near a sloping bottom boundary |
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156 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Expressions for the upwelling in the BBL and downwelling in the SML |
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157 | (2) |
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7.3.4 How much larger is the upwelling in the BBL than the net upwelling? |
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159 | (2) |
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7.3.5 Net upwelling in the abyss depends mainly on the shape of the ocean floor |
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161 | (1) |
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7.3.6 What can be learned from purposefully released tracers? |
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161 | (1) |
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7.3.7 Implications for the circulation of the abyssal ocean |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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7.4 Production mechanisms for boundary mixing |
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164 | (7) |
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7.4.1 Internal wave reflection / internal tide generation |
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164 | (2) |
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7.4.2 Sub-inertial flow and topography |
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166 | (2) |
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7.4.3 Friction and sub-inertial flows |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (10) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (5) |
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8 Submesoscale processes and mixing |
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181 | (3) |
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8.2 Life-cycle of submesoscale fronts |
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184 | (17) |
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184 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Instability of surface boundary layer fronts |
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185 | (8) |
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8.2.3 Submesoscale processes at the bottom of the ocean |
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193 | (5) |
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8.2.4 The influence of vertical mixing on the evolution of a submesoscale front |
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198 | (2) |
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8.2.5 Frontal arrest and routes to dissipation |
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200 | (1) |
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8.3 Redistribution of density and restratification at the submesoscale |
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201 | (3) |
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8.3.1 Restratification induced by submesoscale processes |
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201 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Competition between destratification and restratification of a front |
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202 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Bottom boundary layer mixing and restratification |
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203 | (1) |
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8.4 Redistribution of passive tracers and particles |
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204 | (2) |
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8.4.1 Conservative tracers |
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204 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Mixing and transport of reactive tracers |
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205 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Impacts on the dispersion of buoyant material |
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205 | (1) |
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8.4.4 Dispersion by the deep submesoscale currents |
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205 | (1) |
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8.5 Conclusion and future directions |
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206 | (9) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (8) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (5) |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (2) |
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9.2.3 What then is isopycnal mixing? |
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220 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Lateral mixing near boundaries |
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221 | (1) |
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9.3 Mechanisms of isopycnal stirring and dissipation |
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221 | (6) |
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9.3.1 Mesoscale turbulence |
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221 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Transport by coherent structures |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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9.3.4 Shear-driven mixing |
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224 | (1) |
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9.3.5 Additional submesoscale isopycnal mixing processes |
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225 | (1) |
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9.3.6 Diapycnal dissipation of isopycnal tracer variance |
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226 | (1) |
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9.3.7 Frontogenesis and loss of balance |
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227 | (1) |
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9.4 Frameworks for thinking about isopycnal mixing |
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227 | (6) |
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9.4.1 Reynolds-averaged tracer equations |
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227 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Mixing-length theory |
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228 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Spectral-space view of turbulence and mixing |
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229 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Isopycnal mixing in numerical models |
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231 | (2) |
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9.5 Observational estimates of isopycnal mixing |
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233 | (7) |
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9.5.1 Tracer-based methods |
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234 | (4) |
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9.5.2 Drifter and float-based methods |
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238 | (2) |
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9.6 Simulation-based estimates |
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240 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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9.7 Impacts of isopycnal mixing |
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242 | (3) |
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9.7.1 Physical circulation |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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9.7.3 Isopycnal mixing and ocean biogeochemical cycles |
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244 | (1) |
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9.8 Summary and future directions |
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245 | (12) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (10) |
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10 Mixing in equatorial oceans |
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257 | (2) |
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10.2 Ocean turbulence peaks at the equator, or does it? |
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259 | (1) |
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10.3 Mixing in the cold tongues: diurnal forcing of turbulence below the mixed layer |
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259 | (1) |
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10.4 The concepts of marginal instability and self-organised criticality and how they apply to mixing in the cold tongues |
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260 | (2) |
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10.5 The importance of inertia-gravity waves and flow instabilities |
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262 | (2) |
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10.6 Westerly wind bursts in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific |
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264 | (1) |
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10.7 Variations on subseasonal, seasonal and interannual timescales |
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264 | (1) |
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10.8 Equatorial mixing in large-scale models |
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265 | (2) |
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10.9 Shortcomings, surprises and targets for future investigation |
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267 | (8) |
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269 | (6) |
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11 Mixing in the Arctic Ocean |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (3) |
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279 | (11) |
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11.3.1 Ice-ocean interactions |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (2) |
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11.3.3 Near-inertial motions and the internal wave continuum |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (3) |
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11.3.6 Thermohaline intrusions |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (9) |
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292 | (1) |
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12 Mixing in the Southern Ocean |
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301 | (1) |
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12.2 Large-scale context: foundations |
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12.3 Upper cell: mixed-layer transformations |
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303 | (4) |
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12.3.1 Foundations and setting |
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303 | (1) |
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12.3.2 Mixing in the surface boundary layer and connection to subsurface adiabatic stirring |
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304 | (3) |
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12.4 Interior mixing: regional and mesoscale processes |
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307 | (5) |
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12.4.1 Foundations: Southern Ocean eddy pathways |
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307 | (1) |
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12.4.2 Mixing and coherent structures: adiabatic recipes for Southern Ocean mixing |
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308 | (4) |
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12.5 Interior mixing: closing the budgets through turbulence at the smallest scales |
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312 | (3) |
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312 | (1) |
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12.5.2 Recent findings: sub-surface diapycnal mixing pathways in the Southern Ocean |
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313 | (2) |
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318 | (1) |
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13 The crucial contribution of mixing to present and future ocean oxygen distribution |
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329 | (1) |
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13.2 Role of mixing in oxygen minimum zones |
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330 | (4) |
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13.3 Role of mixing on global deoxygenation |
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334 | (5) |
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13.4 Response of OMZ to global warming |
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339 | (1) |
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13.5 Conclusions and grand challenges |
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340 | (5) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (3) |
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14 New technological frontiers in ocean mixing |
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345 | (1) |
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14.2 Current and historical measurements of mixing |
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345 | (3) |
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14.3 Recent technological developments: novel methods |
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348 | (10) |
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14.3.1 Shear microstructure on AUVs |
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348 | (3) |
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14.3.2 Temperature microstructure on new platforms |
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351 | (2) |
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14.3.3 Finescale parameterisations from autonomous platforms |
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353 | (1) |
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14.3.4 Large-eddy method using autonomous platforms and moorings |
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354 | (4) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (5) |
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359 | (4) |
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