Abstract: A large number of oceanic and freshwater microstructure observations are analyzed to determine the energetic state of the turbulence. The total available energy and a time scale for dissipating the total energy are estimated. ...

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Abstract: Evaluation of the Rapid-Sampling Vertical Profiler, which was developed for sampling the hydrophysical fields in the upper ocean from a moving vessel, shows that the instrument is useful for near-microscale measurements ...

Abstract: The conventional view of equatorial dynamics requires that the zonal equatorial wind stress be balanced, in the mean, by the vertical integral of ?large-scale? terms, such as the zonal pressure gradient, mesoscale eddy ...

Abstract: A new high-frequency turbulence measuring instrument, MicroSoar, has been developed, tested, and used to make scalar variance dissipation rate measurements. MicroSoar was mounted on the undercarriage of SeaSoar, a ...