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DIMES: Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato

Professor in Physical Oceanography
Other researchers

Emeritus Professor Harry Bryden

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Physical Oceanography

The research group explores patterns of change and variability in satellite and in-situ measurements of surface temperature, sea level and productivity.

Research outputs

Eddy-induced variability in Southern Ocean abyssal mixing on climatic timescales
K.L. Sheen,
A.C. Naveira Garabato,
J.A. Brearley,
M.P. Meredith,
K.L. Polzin,
D.A. Smeed,
A. Forryan,
B.A. King,
J-B. Sallée,
L. St. Laurent,
A.M. Thurnherr,
J.M. Toole,
S.N. Waterman,
& A.J. Watson
, 2014 , Nature Geoscience , 7 , 577--582
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2200
Type: article
Eddy-induced modulation of turbulent dissipation over rough topography in the Southern Ocean
J. Alexander Brearley,
K.L. Sheen,
A.C. Naveira Garabato,
D.A. Smeed,
& Stephanie Waterman
, 2013 , Journal of Physical Oceanography , 43 (11) , 2288--2308
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0222.1
Type: article
The Impact of Small-Scale Topography on the Dynamical Balance of the Ocean
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato,
A.J. George Nurser,
Robert B. Scott,
& John A. Goff
, 2013 , Journal of Physical Oceanography , 43 (3) , 647--668
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-056.1
Type: article
Dense bottom layers in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean: Creation, lifespan, and destruction
Michael P. Meredith,
Peter J. Brown,
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato,
Loïc Jullion,
Hugh J. Venables,
& Marie-José Messias
, 2013 , Geophysical Research Letters , 40 (5) , 933--936
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50260
Type: article
Rates and mechanisms of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the Southern Ocean: Results from the Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES)
K.L. Sheen,
J. A. Brearley,
A.C. Naveira Garabato,
S. Waterman,
D.A. Smeed,
J.R. Ledwell,
M.P. Meredith,
L. St. Laurent,
A.M. Thurnherr,
J.M. Toole,
& A.J. Watson
, 2013 , Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 118 (6) , 2774--2792
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20217
Type: article