Abstract: Recent finescale observations of shear and stratification in temperate shelf sea thermoclines show that they are of marginal stability, suggesting that episodes of enhanced shear could potentially lead to shear instability ...

Abstract: In regions of large horizontal density gradient, tidal straining acts to produce a periodic component of stratification that interacts with turbulent mixing to control water column structure and flow. A 25-h series of ...

Abstract: A high-frequency (1.2 MHz) acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) moored on the seabed has been used to observe the mean and turbulent flow components in a narrow tidally energetic channel over six tidal cycles at neap ...

Abstract: bservations are used to evaluate a simple theoretical model for the generation of near-inertial shear spikes at the base of the open ocean mixed layer when the upper ocean displays a two-layer structure. The model predicts ...

Abstract: The free-fall FLY profiler has been used to determine the variation in energy dissipation ? in the water column over a tidal cycle at mixed and stratified sites in the Irish Sea. It was found that ? exhibits a strong M4 ...

Abstract: Simultaneous measurements of the rates of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation (ε) and production (P) have been made over a period of 24 h at a tidally energetic site in the northern Irish Sea in water of 25-m depth. ...

Abstract: Two microstructure profilers, two ships, and four moorings with acoustic Doppler current profilers and conductivity?temperature loggers were used in an intensive effort to map the spatial and temporal variations of vertical ...

Abstract: Vertical mixing in the bottom boundary layer and pycnocline of the Laptev Sea is evaluated from a rapidly sampled 12-h time series of microstructure temperature, conductivity, and shear observations collected under 100% ...

Abstract: A 15-yr duration record of mooring observations from the eastern (>70°E) Eurasian Basin (EB) of the Arctic Ocean is used to show and quantify the recently increased oceanic heat flux from intermediate-depth (~150–900 ...