Abstract: Vertical mixing in the ocean can sometimes be quantified by measurements of the Thorpe overturning scale, LT. In regions of weak mixing and weak density gradients such measurements may be limited by slow sensor response ...

Abstract: A transverse secondary circulation should result from vertical mixing of momentum in a stratified shear flow influenced by the earth's rotation. A rigidly mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler was deployed at the bottom ...

Abstract: Measurements of the near-bottom distribution of the turbulent dissipation rate on the continental shelf west of Vancouver Island are used to calculate bottom stress. A free-failing vertical profiler with microstructure ...

Abstract: The outer Strait of Juan de Fuca is a stratified, tidal channel about 100 km long, 20 km wide, and 200 m deep. Tidal currents of O(0.5 m s?1) occur at both diurnal and semidiurnal periods and there is a pronounced spring?neap ...

Abstract: The interaction of a stratified flow with an isolated topographic feature can introduce numerous disturbances into the flow, including turbulent wakes, internal waves, and eddies. Measurements made near a ?bump? east of ...

Abstract: It is possible to determine the friction velocity u* at the ocean bottom in coastal waters by measuring a profile of the local rate of turbulent dissipation. A single profile of dissipation gives one computation of u*. The ...

Abstract: Microstructure and acoustic profile time series were collected near Ocean Station P in the eastern subarctic North Pacific and in Saanich Inlet at the south end of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, to examine ...

Abstract: A free-falling instrument has been built to measure temperature, salinity and turbulent shear from near surface to within 15 cm of the ocean bottom. A probe guard mounted at the lower end of the instrument protects sensitive ...