Abstract: A simple model is used to study the behavior of a lens-shaped eddy in a background flow with uniform horizontal and vertical shear. The primary motivation for the work is to understand the influence of large-scale shear ...

Abstract: The influence of nonconstant diffusivity and viscosity on double-diffusive interleaving is examined using a simple model. The analysis allows a prediction of the slope, vertical wavenumber, and growth rate of the fastest-growing ...

Abstract: The influence of turbulent mixing on double-diffusively driven thermohaline interleaving is investigated. The problem is formulated using a turbulence-modified flux ratio to link the fluxes of T and S; the addition of ...

Abstract: The nonlinear behavior of thermohaline intrusions on a wide front is investigated using a one-dimensional numerical model. The model is used to follow the evolution of a field of intrusions from infinitesimal amplitude to ...

Abstract: SOFAR floats at different depths within two Mediterranean Water eddies (meddies) reveal that the meddy rotation axes tilt transversely with respect to the meddy translation direction. The rotation axis of one of the meddies ...

Abstract: Microstructure data from the North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment (NATRE) are presented, providing detailed profiles of the thermal variance ? in the upper 360 m of the Canary Basin for the fall and spring seasons. The ...

Abstract: Microfluidic fluorescence assay devices show great promise as preclinical and clinical diagnostic instruments. Normally, fluorescence signals from microfluidic chips are quantified by analysis of images obtained with a ...

Abstract: Arctic atmospheric variability during the industrial era (1875?2000) is assessed using spatially averaged surface air temperature (SAT) and sea level pressure (SLP) records. Air temperature and pressure display strong ...

Abstract: Examination of records of fast ice thickness (1936?2000) and ice extent (1900?2000) in the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas provide evidence that long-term ice thickness and extent trends are small and generally ...