How important are diapycnal mixing and geothermal heating for the deep circulation of the Western Mediterranean?

Bruno Ferron (1) , Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot (2) , Yannis Cuypers (2) , Katrin Schroeder (3) , Mireno Borghini (3)

1 LOPS - Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale
2 IPSO - Interactions et Processus au sein de la couche de Surface Océanique
3 ISMAR - Istituto di Science Marine

Mots clés: Mediterranean Sea; geothermal heating; overturning circulation; turbulent mixing; microstructure; thermohaline circulation

Domaines: Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]; Planète et Univers [physics]

Bruno Ferron, Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot, Yannis Cuypers, Katrin Schroeder, Mireno Borghini. How important are diapycnal mixing and geothermal heating for the deep circulation of the Western Mediterranean?. Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44 (15), pp.7845 - 7854. ⟨10.1002/2017gl074169⟩. ⟨hal-01833063⟩