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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 49, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100315
Keywords
turbulence; mixing; tides; Sea of Japan; East Sea; Korea Strait
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- U.S. NRL project
- ONR-G [N62909-20-375-1-2049, N62909-22-1-2004]
- KIOST's Industry-University-Institute Cooperative Use of Research Vessels Program
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2019R1A2C2085461, NRF-2022R1A2C1003128]
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This study investigated the mixing at the southwestern boundary of the Ulleung Basin in the Japan/East Sea using ship-based, moored, and quasi-autonomous observations. The results showed the presence of strong tidal currents, high-frequency internal wave packets, and energetic turbulence over the sill connecting the Korea/Tsushima Strait and the Ulleung Basin. In addition, strong velocity shear associated with the semidiurnal baroclinic tide was found near the bottom.
Mixing at the southwestern boundary of the Ulleung Basin (UB) in the Japan/East Sea was examined using combined ship-based, moored, and quasi-autonomous observations. These observations revealed strong tidal currents, high-frequency internal wave packets, and energetic turbulence over the sill connecting the Korea/Tsushima Strait and the UB, especially when a supercritical flow becomes subcritical over the sill. In addition, strong velocity shear associated with the semidiurnal baroclinic tide was found near the bottom, where the bathymetry slope was critical to the semidiurnal tide. Large temperature fluctuations were observed during the subcritical phase of the flow, as hydraulically controlled flow generated internal-wave packets and energetic turbulence with a turbulent-kinetic-energy dissipation rate of similar to $\sim $10(-4) Wkg(-1), and a diapycnal diffusivity of similar to $\sim $10(-2) m(2)s(-1). Our analysis suggests that the sill is a hot spot of mixing, which in turn can play an important role in the Japan/East Sea circulation.
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