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Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
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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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.
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