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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-601-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-601-2016
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26 Apr 2016
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Mapping turbulent diffusivity associated with oceanic internal lee waves offshore Costa Rica

Will F. J. Fortin, W. Steven Holbrook, and Raymond W. Schmitt

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Lee waves play a significant role in ocean mixing but are difficult to study with traditional casts, moorings, and tows due to their stationary nature and limited spatial extent. We develop a new method to estimate turbulent diffusivity from seismic data and find elevated levels of turbulence associated with lee waves in the mid-water and around the seafloor that are 5 times greater than surrounding waters and 50 times greater than open-ocean diffusivities.