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Mixing Processes in the North Sea and Aspects of Their Modelling

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North Sea Dynamics

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Mixing in the sea is the net effect of many different physical processes influencing the distribution of properties including heat, salt, nutrients, suspended matter, and pollutants. The mixing is related to the field of motion and the energy transfer in the water column. It is customary to separate advection and mixing. Advection transfers water with a given property, thereby causing a change in the distribution of the property, and is governed by the large scale part of the motion. Mixing is generated by the relatively small scale random part of the motion which gives rise to a local exchange of a given property without causing any net transport of water. The combined effect of advection and mixing is often called dispersion.

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  1. Institute of Physical Oceanography, University of Copenhagen, Haraldsgade 6, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark

    G. Kullenberg

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  1. Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg, Heimhuder Straße 71, 2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    Jürgen Sündermann

  2. Sonderforschungsbereich 94 Meeresforschung, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    Walter Lenz

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Kullenberg, G. (1983). Mixing Processes in the North Sea and Aspects of Their Modelling. In: Sündermann, J., Lenz, W. (eds) North Sea Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68838-6_24

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