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 …

ABSTRACT Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability, characterized by the distinctive finite-
amplitude billows it generates, is an important mechanism in the development of turbulence …

We present a new, simple and physically motivated parameterization, based on the ratio of
Thorpe and Ozmidov scales, for the irreversible turbulent flux coefficient. Importantly …

In a stably stratified shear layer, multiple competing instabilities produce sensitivity to small
changes in initial conditions, popularly called the butterfly effect (as a flapping wing may …

Studies of Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) instability have typically modelled the initial flow as an
isolated shear layer. In geophysical cases, however, the instability often occurs near …

Motivated by the importance of diapycnal mixing parameterizations in large-scale ocean
general circulation models, we provide a detailed analysis of high-Reynolds-number mixing …

We study three types of homogeneous, shear-forced, stably stratified turbulence in a triply
periodic domain over a wide range of stratification strengths. The shear forcings correspond …

We revisit and extend the turbulent Froude number (. We emphasize that our revised scaling
is applicable only for stably stratified, vertically sheared turbulence with weak spatio …

The stratified ocean mixes episodically in small patches where energy is dissipated and
density smoothed over scales of centimeters. The net effect of these countless events effects …

Recent progress in the direct measurement of turbulent dissipation in the Arctic Ocean has
highlighted the need for an improved parametrization of the turbulent diapycnal diffusivities …