Mixing efficiency is the ratio of the net change in potential energy to the energy expended in
producing the mixing. Parameterizations of efficiency and of related mixing coefficients are …

A realistic numerical model is used to study the circulation and mixing of the Salish Sea, a
large, complex estuarine system on the United States and Canadian west coast. The Salish …

Turbulence resulting from Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in layers of localized stratification and
shear is studied by means of direct numerical simulation. Our objective is to present a …

The authors propose a scheme to test whether inversions in CTD density profiles are caused
by overturning motions (from which mixing rates may be inferred) or by measurement noise …

We report direct, quantitative measurements of mixing associated with three cycles of a
single, energetic, downward‐propagating near‐inertial wave in the Banda Sea at 6.5° S …

Observations of Overturning in the Thermocline: The Context of Ocean Mixing in: Journal of
Physical Oceanography Volume 30 Issue 5 (2000) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Shear instability is the dominant mechanism for converting fluid motion to mixing in the
stratified ocean and atmosphere. The transition to turbulence has been well characterized in …

Biases in Thorpe-Scale Estimates of Turbulence Dissipation. Part I: Assessments from Large-Scale
Overturns in Oceanographic Data in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 45 Issue 10 …

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 …

Estuarine turbidity maxima (ETM) are zones of elevated sediment concentration that often
occur in coastal plain, salt wedge, and river-dominated estuaries, where they influence the …