Reconciling the Observed Mid-Depth Exponential Ocean Stratification with Weak Interior Mixing and Southern Ocean Dynamics via Boundary-Intensified Mixing

Madeline D. Miller, Xiaoting Yang, Eli Tziperman

Munk (1966) showed that the deep (1000-3000 m) vertical temperature profile is consistent with a one-dimensional vertical advection-diffusion balance, with a constant upwelling and…