Abstract: Exact solutions are obtained for internal gravity waves incident upon a layered density anomaly embedded in a stably stratified fluid with otherwise constant Brunt-Väisälä frequency:where z increases downward; and N2?∞, ...

Abstract: Numerical solutions are obtained for the reflection of upward propagating internal waves by simple pycnocline and current shear models. Results for a simple monotonic shear and a velocity jet, with and without a pycnocline, ...

Abstract: In attempting to understand the small-scale physical processes that occur within a particular area of the ocean, oceanographers typically examine the local internal wave activity there. The local internal wave activity, ...

Abstract: Two multi-ship XBT surveys have acquired data on the mesoscale temperature structure in the region of the Kuroshio Extension. Thermal sections and maps illustrate cold features in the thermocline near 31°N and warm ones ...

Abstract: Vertical arrays of temperature and conductivity sensors are towed from research vessels to obtain cross sections of the ocean's internal structure that result from the dynamic finescale and microscale processes. To estimate ...

Abstract: Observations have been made of a lens of 18°C water in the Sargasso Sea near 30°N, 69°W. The lens was nearly isothermal and isohaline and was embedded in the more typical weakly stratified 18°C water in the area. It was ...

Abstract: An Ocean Slope-Displacement Estimator (OSDE) was previously constructed, which estimates the slopes of isotherm displacements from towed thermistor array data. This estimator minimized the problems associated with finestructure ...

Abstract: Electrical conductivity sensors are often used to obtain measurements of small-scale fluctuations, or microstructure, in the ocean. In applications on towed instrument packages, they provide the only way to estimate ...

Abstract: The motions of buoys in a seaway produce velocities at onboard anemometers that contaminate the measurements of wind, which typically is a severe problem for small, easily deplorable buoys. The severity of this problem is ...

Abstract: Six multiship XBT surveys in the area between 29 and 42°N in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans were examined with respect to the following questions: What fraction of significant vertical isotherm deflections may ...