ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Redefining the role of mixing in ocean overturning and ventilation
Turbulent mixing controls the pace of ocean ventilation, the rate at which the ocean interior is filled up with water, heat and chemicals from the ocean’s surface. This process governs the ocean's ability to store atmospheric heat and greenhouse gases, exerting a profound impact on Earth's climate and moderating the rate of human-induced climate change. However, the role of mixing in ocean ventilation remains poorly understood, due to the scarcity of direct observations and the inability of numerical models to capture small-scale turbulent dynamics. Our limited understanding can be rationalised around three major questions: 1) How does the interplay between advective and diffusive processes…
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