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The Turbulent Ocean
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The Turbulent Ocean as discussed by the authors describes the principal dynamic processes that control the distribution of turbulence, its dissipation of kinetic energy and its effects on the dispersion of properties such as heat, salinity, and dissolved or suspended matter in the deep ocean, the shallow coastal and the continental shelf seas.Abstract:
The subject of ocean turbulence is in a state of discovery and development with many intellectual challenges. This book describes the principal dynamic processes that control the distribution of turbulence, its dissipation of kinetic energy and its effects on the dispersion of properties such as heat, salinity, and dissolved or suspended matter in the deep ocean, the shallow coastal and the continental shelf seas. It focuses on the measurement of turbulence, and the consequences of turbulent motion in the oceanic boundary layers at the sea surface and near the seabed. Processes are illustrated by examples of laboratory experiments and field observations. The Turbulent Ocean provides an excellent resource for senior undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as an introduction and general overview for researchers. It will be of interest to all those involved in the study of fluid motion, in particular geophysical fluid mechanics, meteorology and the dynamics of lakes.read more
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Ocean Circulation Kinetic Energy: Reservoirs, Sources, and Sinks
Raffaele Ferrari,Carl Wunsch +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the physically different kinetic energy (KE) reservoirs of the circulation and their maintenance, dissipation, and possible influence on the very small scales representing irreversible molecular mixing.
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Mixed Layer Instabilities and Restratification
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the restratification of the oceanic surface mixed layer that results from lateral gradients in the surface density field, which are referred to as mixed layer instabilities.
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Dynamics of Winds and Currents Coupled to Surface Waves
TL;DR: In this paper, the coupling processes between surface gravity waves and adjacent winds and currents in turbulent boundary layers are discussed, which mediate exchanges of momentum, heat, and gases between the atmosphere and ocean and thus are of global significance for climate.
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Shutdown of turbulent convection as a new criterion for the onset of spring phytoplankton blooms
John Taylor,Raffaele Ferrari +1 more
TL;DR: Townsend et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that the onset of a bloom can also be triggered by a reduction in air-sea fluxes at the end of winter, which increases the residence time of phytoplankton cells in the euphotic layer.
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Surface gravity wave effects in the oceanic boundary layer: large-eddy simulation with vortex force and stochastic breakers
TL;DR: In this article, the wind-driven stably stratified mid-latitude oceanic surface turbulent boundary layer is computationally simulated in the presence of a specified surface gravity-wave field.
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On density effects and large structure in turbulent mixing layers
Garry L. Brown,Anatol Roshko +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, Spark shadow pictures and measurements of density fluctuations suggest that turbulent mixing and entrainment is a process of entanglement on the scale of the large structures; some statistical properties of the latter are used to obtain an estimate of entrainedment rates, and large changes of the density ratio across the mixing layer were found to have a relatively small effect on the spreading angle.
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Turbulent Transport of Momentum and Heat
Henk Tennekes,John L. Lumley +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the Reynolds equations and estimate of the Reynolds stress in the kinetic theory of gases, and describe the effects of shear flow near a rigid wall.
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The Statistical Description of Turbulence
Henk Tennekes,John L. Lumley +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the probability density, Fourier transforms and characteristic functions, joint statistics and statistical independence, Correlation functions and spectra, the central limit theorem, and the relation functions are discussed.
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