Turbulent length scales in a fast-flowing, weakly stratified, strait: Cook Strait, New Zealand

Stevens, Craig L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-801-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-801-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-801-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Research article

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22 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2018

Turbulent length scales in a fast-flowing, weakly stratified, strait: Cook Strait, New Zealand

Craig L. Stevens

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RC1: 'Turbulent mixing in ocean flows', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 comments', Craig Stevens, 09 May 2018
RC2: 'Interesting data...', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2 comments', Craig Stevens, 09 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Craig Stevens on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 May 2018) by Eric J.M. Delhez

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish as is (24 Jul 2018) by Eric J.M. Delhez

AR by Craig Stevens on behalf of the Authors (30 Jul 2018)

Short summary

Mixing in the ocean is highly variable and it is often difficult to measure the more energetic regions. Here we present the first full-depth turbulence profiles from Cook Strait, New Zealand. This 22 km wide channel between the major islands of New Zealand sustains very fast tidally driven flows. The measurements show that large vertical eddies exist, moving water up and down. This will affect stratification, as well as any biology, as it passes through the strait.