Abstract: A thermistor chain towed from 140° to 110°W along the equator revealed the presence of high-frequency internal waves in the upper 125 m having zonal wavelengths of 150?250 m. Turbulence dissipation rates, ε, observed from ...

Abstract: The potential vorticity (PV) front observed in the upper thermocline at the northern edge of the Gulf Stream has been thought of as an inhibitor to lateral motion of parcels on isopycnals. The role of the PV front in ...

Abstract: Lagrangian trajectories may be estimated with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) as an alternative to tracking parcels with floats. By using the depth of isopycnals from a conductivity?temperature?depth (CTD) ...

Abstract: In spite of the effects of several form of temporal variability that tend to mask geographical patterns in turbulence intensity, our evidence indicates that the turbulence is enhanced above the equatorial undercurrent in ...

Abstract: High correlations between turbulent dissipation rates and high-wavenumber internal waves and the high values of turbulent dissipation associated with internal wave activity suggest that internal waves are the main direct ...

Abstract: In the low Richardson number shear flow above the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent, a single vertical microstructure profile intersected the overturning crest of a packet of high horizontal wavenumber waves. The observed ...

Abstract: The upper ocean response to idealized surface wind forcing that is representative of conditions observed during the TOGA-COARE Intensive Observation Period is studied by numerical simulations using a second-moment closure ...

Abstract: Appearing in this issue of the Journal of Physical Oceanography are three papers that present new observations of a distinct, narrow band, and diurnally varying signal in temperature records obtained in the low Richardson ...