List of Figures

1. Intrusion experimental setup
2. 2 layer intrusions
3. Bathymetric map of the Kaena Ridge
4. Cross-section of ridge, and $M_2$ baroclinic fluxes
5. Mooring designs
6. Vertical profiles of temperature
7. TS diagrams
8. Representative 14 day time series at DS
9. Representative 14 day time series at DN
10. Mean variability
11. Spectra at DS
12. Temperature spectra at DS
13. Currents ellipses at DS
14. Temperature spectra at DN
15. Velocity spectra at DN
16. Velocity/Temperature spectra at DS and DN
17. Tidal analysis performance
18. Tidal analysis results
19. Ellipses on bathymetry
20. Ridge section and $M_2$ ray paths DS
21. Ridge section and $M_2$ ray paths DN
22. Temperature spectra temporal modulation
23. Velocity spectra temporal modulation
24. 3 day raw time series around day 375
25. Example of North Pacific wind field
26. Near bottom NI band-passed temperature and velocity around day 375
27. NI band-passed temperatures around day 375
28. Overturn detection algorithm
29. Distribution of dissipation
30. Effect of temperature bias correction on overturns detection at DS
31. Example of overturn at DS
32. Effect of temperature bias correction on overturns detection at DN
33. Example of overturn at DN
34. Thorpe scale, dissipation and tidal amplitude
35. A composite phase average at DS
36. An overturn event at day 233
37. An overturn event at day 249
38. Mixing types classification
39. Downslope flow mixing example
40. Flow reversal mixing example
41. Data from Bay of Biscay
42. Oblique beam schematics
43. Dissipation as a function of current amplitude
44. A composite phase average at DN
45. Dissipation as a function of band-passed temperature
46. 3 day time series at DN