Abstract: Plumes of dense shelf water cascade down continental slopes in many parts of the world?s oceans and provide a mechanism for shelf?ocean exchange. In this paper a nonlinear process-orientated theory is developed and used ...

Abstract: Observed density sections through dense-water pools or lenses on sloping topography typically have an asymmetric structure. One side of the dense lens usually is bounded by isopycnals that slope steeply down to the seabed ...

Abstract: The need for a precision current-tracking system that could he deployed for up to 12 months as part of the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council's North Sea Project led to the development of a position-logging drifting ...

Abstract: This paper presents a comparison of two conventional detiding techniques carried out for ship-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data collected in the European shelf area of the Celtic Sea during the summer ...