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D’Asaro 1978
D’Asaro, E.A. (1978). Mixed layer velocities induced by internal waves. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JC083iC05p02439. issn: 0148-0227.

The velocity spectrum in an idealized mixed layer due to the underlying internal wave field is computed by using the linearized internal wave equation and the model internal wave spectrum proposed by Desaubies (1976). For typical mixed layers the induced velocities will be as large as the expected turbulent velocities and will exist throughout the mixed layer. With a sufficiently large density step at the mixed layer base, internal wave energy can be concentrated in the mixed layer.

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