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KM3NeT Collaboration (van Haren, H. et al); Alves Garre, S.; Bariego-Quintana, A.; Calvo, D.; Cecchini, V.; Garcia Soto, A.; Gozzini, S.R.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Jaimes, R.; Lazo, A.; Lessing, N.; Madarapu, S.; Palacios Gonzalez, J.; Prado, J.; Real, D.; Saina, A.; Salesa Greus, F.; Sanchez Losa, A.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Whipped and Mixed Warm Clouds in the Deep Sea |
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2026 |
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Geophysical Research Letters |
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Geophys. Res. Lett. |
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53 |
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2 |
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e2025GL119998 - 13pp |
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deep Western Mediterranean; internal wave turbulence; geothermal heating |
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Turbulence is indispensable to redistribute nutrients for all life forms larger than microbial, on land and in the ocean. Yet, the development of deep-sea turbulence was not studied in three dimensions to date. As a disproportionate laboratory, an array of nearly 3,000 high-resolution temperature sensors had been installed for three years on the flat 2,500-m deep bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The time series from the half-cubic hectometer mooring-array allows for the creation of unique movies of deep-sea water motions. Although temperature differences are typically 0.001 degrees C, variable convection-turbulence is observed as expected from geothermal heating through the flat seafloor. During about 40% of the time, an additional turbulence, 3 times stronger in magnitude, is observed from slantwise advected warmer waters to pass in turbulent clouds. Besides turbulent clouds and seafloor heating, movies also reveal weakly turbulent interfacial-wave breakdown that commonly occurs in the open ocean far away from boundaries. |
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[Van Haren, Hans] NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res, Den Burg, Netherlands, Email: hans.van.haren@nioz.nl |
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Amer Geophysical Union |
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0094-8276 |
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WOS:001703945300001 |
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yes |
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7306 |
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