Abstract: The contribution of salinity changes to sound speed fluctuations is often neglected in estimating the scattering cross section at high frequencies (>10 kHz). To examine when salinity might be important, an expression is ...

Abstract: Simultaneous ADCP profile measurements are compared over a 2-month period in late 2003. One set of measurements comes from a National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoy-mounted ADCP, the other from a bottom-mounted, upward-looking ...

Abstract: Defining the vertical depth average of measured currents to be barotropic is a widely used method of separating barotropic and baroclinic tidal currents in the ocean. Away from the surface and bottom boundary layers, ...

Abstract: Acoustic backscatter has produced spectacular images of internal ocean processes for nearly two decades, but interpretation of the images remains ambiguous because several mechanisms can generate measurable backscatter. ...

Abstract: Observations from CTD tow-yos and microstructure profiles indicate the presence of a benthic front near 450-m depth on the western side of the Straits of Florida at 27°N. The front is at midslope and approximately beneath ...