Abstract: Two microstructure records taken at shallow depths off Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of Baja California, are compared. One is similar to records previously taken in the mid-gyre, and has an ?irregularly steppy? ...

Abstract: Three cruises to the same site in the central North Pacific (28°N, 155°W) found naked differences in the levels of small-scale turbulent activity as indicated by spectra of temperature profiles. Considering the data from ...

Abstract: Profiles of temperature microstructure have been found to exhibit strong intermittence in the distribution of ?, the rate of diffusive smoothing of temperature fluctuations. Records from the main thermocline in the subtropical ...

Abstract: The development of high-resolution profiling instruments has made possible the computation of quantities such as the stability parameter N2 and the Richardson number Ri over scales of less than a meter. Quality control of ...

Abstract: Large numbers of STD casts taken during five cruises to the same location in the central North Pacific permitted the separation of the temperature profile into mean T? (z) and fluctuating T?(z) components. Spectra of the ...

Abstract: Extending the range of microstructure measurements from the upper thermocline of the open ocean to shallow waters near shore and to the abyss has greatly increased in the range of turbulent intensities being observed. As ...

Abstract: Finestructure and microstructure observations of temperature and salinity were made over a two-week period in late winter at a site in the central North Pacific, during which time a mild storm, maximum winds of 18 kt, ...

Abstract: An expression that includes salt diffusion was developed and evaluated for the rate of entropy production σ in the ocean. The evaluation was done for mixing events produced by turbulent overturns and double diffusion. ...

Abstract: Various statistics of temperature profiles are examined in an attempt to distinguish irreversible structures due to mixing from reversible distortions induced by internal wave straining. Even if all the low gradient regions ...

Abstract: Nearly simultaneous profiles of temperature microstructure and velocity shear were made adjacent to the island of Bermuda. Profiles with elevated microstructure levels were found in close association with regions of ...