Stratified turbulence in the nearshore coastal ocean: Dynamics and evolution in the presence of internal bores

RK Walter, ME Squibb, CB Woodson… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
High‐frequency measurements of stratified turbulence throughout the water column were
collected over a 2 week period in the nearshore environment of southern Monterey Bay, CA …

Anatomy of turbulence in a narrow and strongly stratified estuary

A Etemad‐Shahidi, J Imberger - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
More than 400 profiles of (salinity) density and velocity microstructure with 923 turbulent
patches were collected over 4 days from an anchored boat with the Portable Flux Profiler …

[HTML][HTML] Direct numerical simulation of differential scalar diffusion in three-dimensional stratified turbulence

AE Gargett, WJ Merryfield… - Journal of Physical …, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
The potential for differential turbulent transport of oceanic temperature (T) and salinity (𝒮) is
explored using three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of decaying stratified …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the assumptions underlying ocean mixing methodologies using direct numerical simulations

JR Taylor, SM de Bruyn Kops… - Journal of Physical …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Direct numerical simulations of stratified turbulence are used to test several fundamental
assumptions involved in the Osborn, Osborn–Cox, and Thorpe methods commonly used to …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of stratification and nonlocal turbulent production on estuarine turbulence: An assessment of turbulence closure with field observations

ME Scully, WR Geyer… - Journal of Physical …, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Influence of Stratification and Nonlocal Turbulent Production on Estuarine Turbulence: An
Assessment of Turbulence Closure with Field Observations in: Journal of Physical …

[HTML][HTML] Stratified turbulence and mixing efficiency in a salt wedge estuary

RC Holleman, WR Geyer… - Journal of Physical …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Stratified Turbulence and Mixing Efficiency in a Salt Wedge Estuary in: Journal of Physical
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[HTML][HTML] Observations of turbulence in a partially stratified estuary

MT Stacey, SG Monismith… - Journal of Physical …, 1999 - journals.ametsoc.org
The authors present a field study of estuarine turbulence in which profiles of Reynolds
stresses were directly measured using an ADCP throughout a 25-h tidal day. The dataset …

[HTML][HTML] Experiments on differential scalar mixing in turbulence in a sheared, stratified flow

PR Jackson, CR Rehmann - Journal of Physical …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Laboratory experiments were performed to measure differential diffusion of temperature and
salinity across a sheared density interface. The eddy diffusivity of temperature KT exceeded …

Turbulence in stratified shear flows: Implications for interpreting shear-induced mixing in the ocean

EC Itsweire, JR Koseff, DA Briggs… - Journal of physical …, 1993 - journals.ametsoc.org
Direct numerical simulations of the time evolution of homogeneous stably stratified turbulent
sheer flows have been performed for several Richardson numbers Ri and Reynolds …

Observations of stratified turbulent mixing in an estuary: Neap-to-spring variations during high river flow

H Peters - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 1997 - Elsevier
Observations of turbulent mixing, stratification and currents were made with a free-falling
microstructure profiler and a 600-kHz ADCP in the Hudson River off Manhattan in May 1994 …