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The first direct measurements of turbulence in an oceanic convective mixed layer were obtained during a cold-air outbreak. The uniformity of the turbulent dissipation rate and its relation to the surface buoyancy flux are similar to observations of convection in the atmosphere.
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Shay, T., Gregg, M. Turbulence in an oceanic convective mixed layer. Nature 310, 282–285 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/310282a0
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