3 papers
physics.ao-ph2025
Mesoscale Eddy -- Internal Wave Coupling. III. The End of the Enstrophy Cascade and Maintenance of Gyre Scale Potential Vorticity Gradients
Kurt L. Polzin, Giovanni Dematteis
We assess a prognostic formulation of triple coherence relating to energy exchange between mesoscale eddies and the internal wavefield and compare with observations from the Sargas…
physics.ao-ph2023
Interacting internal waves explain global patterns of interior ocean mixing
Giovanni Dematteis, Arnaud Le Boyer, Friederike Pollmann +4
Across the stable density stratification of the abyssal ocean, deep dense water is slowly propelled upward by sustained, though irregular, turbulent mixing. The resulting mean upwe…
math-ph2003
Energy spectra of the ocean's internal wave field: theory and observations
Yuri V. Lvov, Kurt L. Polzin, Esteban G. Tabak
The high-frequency limit of the Garrett and Munk spectrum of internal waves in the ocean and the observed deviations from it are shown to form a pattern consistent with the predict…