Abstract
Recent development in oceanographical observational instruments enables us to come into touch with oceanographical microstructure processes directly. Observational evidence tells us that double diffusive convection plays an important role in such processes like mixing, transport of various properties, both vertically and laterally. In this article, we put emphasis on such processes, and try to review double diffusive convection in oceanography briefly. In § 1 the importance of the study of double diffusive convection in oceanography is presented. In § 2 the occurrence, vertical mass transport and stability of double diffusive convection are discussed. In § 3 the behavior of lateral intrusion driven by double diffusive convection is discussed. In § 4 we try to interpret the role of double diffusive convection in vertical mixing processes. In the final section, we consider future possibility of the study of double diffusive convection.
