Abstract: Parameterization of the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy (?) in terms of Richardson number (Ri = N2/S2) is examined for a variety in internal wave environments. Previous work with these data suggests a scaling ...

Abstract: Recent fine- and microstructure observations indicate enhanced finescale shear and strain in conjunction with bottom-intensified turbulent dissipation above rough bathymetry in the Brazil Basin. Such observations implicate ...

Abstract: The oceanic internal wave spectrum has long been interpreted as being shaped by nonlinear processes. The empirical Garrett and Munk synthesis of oceanic observations is E(m, ?) ? Nm?2??2 at high wavenumber and frequency. ...

Abstract: The issue of internal wave?mesoscale eddy interactions is revisited. Previous observational work identified the mesoscale eddy field as a possible source of internal wave energy. Characterization of the coupling as a viscous ...

Abstract: Vertical profiles of horizontal velocity obtained during the Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE) provided the first published estimates of the high vertical wavenumber structure of horizontal velocity. The data were ...

Abstract: Finescale velocity and density fluctuations consist of both internal waves and vorticity-containing perturbations (vortical modes). A recent decomposition of observations obtained as part of the North Atlantic Tracer Release ...

Abstract: irect observations in the Southern Ocean report enhanced internal wave activity and turbulence in a kilometer-thick layer above rough bottom topography collocated with the deep-reaching fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar ...

Abstract: his study reports on observations of turbulent dissipation and internal wave-scale flow properties in a standing meander of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) north of the Kerguelen Plateau. The authors characterize ...

Abstract: he ocean interior stratification and meridional overturning circulation are largely sustained by diapycnal mixing. The breaking of internal tides is a major source of diapycnal mixing. Many recent climate models parameterize ...