An introduction to mixing in a stably stratified fluid

Chantal Staquet (1)

1 LEGI - Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels [Grenoble]

We provide an account of mixing in stably stratified fluids: we present the basic concepts of mixing, recall how mixing is quantified and analyze mixing in the stably stratified shear layer along these lines. We also discuss the importance of mixing in the ocean and describe how it is modeled in this context, focusing upon the commonest approaches.

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Chantal Staquet. An introduction to mixing in a stably stratified fluid. Statistical theories and computational approaches to turbulence, Springer Verlag, pp.60-79, 2003, 9784431670049. ⟨10.1007/978-4-431-67002-5_4⟩. ⟨hal-00264750⟩