What happens if you smooth the ocean? 🌊
A brief thread about our new paper @agu.org Geophysical Research Letters: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
When we do theory and modeling we tend to use very smooth bottom topography (for numerical reasons and to reduce complexity). But...
Small-scale topographic roughness can increase dissipation in seamount wakes by up to tenfold and enhance mixing by a factor of three This effect is most pronounced for seamounts typical of the S...
