Significance of Diapycnal Mixing Within the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Laura Cimoli,
Ali Mashayek,
Helen L Johnson,
David P Marshall,
Alberto C Naveira C Garabato,
Caitlin B Whalen,
Clement Vic,
Casimir de Lavergne,
Matthew H Alford,
Jennifer A MacKinnon,
Lynne D Talley
Mar 07, 2023
Diapycnal mixing shapes the distribution of climatically important tracers, such as heat and carbon, as these are carried by dense water masses in the ocean interior. Here, we analyze a suite of observation‐based estimates of...