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Internal wave‐turbulence interpretation of ocean fine structure
Author(s) -
Bell T. H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl001i006p00253
Subject(s) - wavenumber , turbulence , internal wave , geology , geophysics , current meter , scale (ratio) , interpretation (philosophy) , spectral line , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , physics , geodesy , optics , oceanography , astronomy , computer science , programming language , quantum mechanics
The observed shape of vertical spectra of ocean temperature fluctuations is shown to be consistent with an interpretation of deep ocean fine structure in which fluctuations with vertical wavenumbers less than about one cycle per meter are identified with internal wave motions while those with wavenumbers greater than a cycle per meter are identified with small scale turbulence.