Diapycnal diffusivities in Kelvin-Helmholtz engendered turbulent mixing: the diffusive-convection regime in the arctic ocean

DOI10.1017/JFM.2022.590MaRDI QIDQ5095773zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yuchen Ma, W. R. Peltier

Publication date 10 August 2022

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.590

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationGalerkin methodirreversible mixingKelvin-Helmholtz instabilitystratified turbulent mixing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Convective turbulence (76F35) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Diffusion and convection (76R99) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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