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Links between surface and abyss

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The global ocean overturning circulation relies on dense deep waters being mixed back up to the surface. An observational analysis shows that turbulent mixing in the abyss around Antarctica varies with the strength of surface eddies and thus probably also wind speeds.

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Figure 1: Southern Ocean mixing.

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  1. Parker MacCready is at the University of Washington School of Oceanography, Box 355351, Seattle, Washington 98195-5351, USA,

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MacCready, P. Links between surface and abyss. Nature Geosci 7, 554–555 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2210

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