Articles | Volume 28, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-271-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-271-2021
Research article
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25 May 2021
Research article |  | 25 May 2021

Enhanced internal tidal mixing in the Philippine Sea mesoscale environment

Jia You, Zhenhua Xu, Qun Li, Robin Robertson, Peiwen Zhang, and Baoshu Yin

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on npg-2021-1', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Feb 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Zhenhua Xu, 24 Feb 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on npg-2021-1', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Feb 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Zhenhua Xu, 24 Feb 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Zhenhua Xu on behalf of the Authors (14 Mar 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (18 Mar 2021) by Marek Stastna
AR by Zhenhua Xu on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Mar 2021) by Marek Stastna
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Mar 2021)
ED: Publish as is (31 Mar 2021) by Marek Stastna
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Short summary
Turbulent mixing in the ocean is mainly attributed to internal wave breaking, but the modulation of the mesoscale environment is unclear. The spatially inhomogeneous and seasonally variable diapycnal diffusivities in the upper Philippine Sea were estimated from Argo float data using a strain-based, fine-scale parameterization. Internal tides contributed significant diapycnal mixing here, with the mesoscale environment greatly regulating the intensity and spatial inhomogeneity of tidal mixing.
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