Thermohaline staircase formation in the diffusive convection regime: a theory based upon stratified turbulence asymptotics

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.945MaRDI QIDQ5013155zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yuchen Ma, W. R. Peltier

Publication date 29 November 2021

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.945

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent mixinghigh-latitude oceaninitial instability criterionturbulent diapycnal diffusivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Diffusion and convection (76R99) Diffusive and convective heat and mass transfer, heat flow (80A19) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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