Remote energy sources for mixing in the Indonesian Seas

Chengyuan Pang; Maxim Nikurashin; Beatriz Pena-Molino; Bernadette M. Sloyan

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34046-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Remote energy sources for mixing in the Indonesian Seas

Chengyuan Pang,
Maxim Nikurashin,
Beatriz Pena-Molino,
Bernadette M. Sloyan

Affiliations

Chengyuan Pang: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Maxim Nikurashin: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Beatriz Pena-Molino: Center for Southern Hemisphere Ocean Research
Bernadette M. Sloyan: Center for Southern Hemisphere Ocean Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34046-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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In addition to locally generated tidal mixing, remotely generated planetary (Kelvin and Rossby) waves and eddies are found to supply energy into the Indonesian Seas, sufficient to drive mixing in the upper ocean at rates inferred from observations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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