Abstract: Recently, Fedorov has attempted to interpret some temperature and salinity profiles in the northeast Atlantic, as reported by Zenk, in terms of the results of laboratory experiments in double-diffusive convection. We argue ...

Abstract: We consider the melting of ice in cold water vertically stratified with salt. The study extends previous investigations of ice melting in cold water at uniform salinity and in warm water with a salinity gradient. We find, ...