Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1919-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1919-2026
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22 Jun 2026
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2026

Stratified-turbulence observations dominated by slantwise downward convective warm-water periods in the deep Mediterranean

Hans van Haren

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Turbulence is vital for life, also in 2500-m deep Mediterranean waters. Yearlong observations with about 3000 high-resolution temperature sensors show: About half the time, relatively warm stratified waters are moved from 100’s of meters higher levels to near the seafloor. These internal-wave and eddy-induced motions are three times more turbulent than those induced via general geothermal heating from below, and about ten times more turbulent than those from open-ocean processes.
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