학술논문
Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
How the tropical mixed layer of the ocean reacts to near-inertial waves has rarely been observed directly. Here, the authors present new data that shows strongly elevated vertical diffusive heat flux in the presence of near-inertial waves, causing a cooling of the mixed layer that is particularly strong in summer.