CPT for Diapycnal Ocean Mixing
Diapycnal mixing is main physics of ocean models
- Internal wave mixing
- Diffusivity in the EUC
- Boundary mixing
- Abyssal mixing (tides and topography)
- Gravity wave drag in the ACC
- Enhanced mixed layer turbulence by gravity waves
- Entrainment into gravity currents
Current parameterizations inadequate
Significant impact on simulated circulations or their stability or sensitivity