Observations of diapycnal upwelling within a slo** submarine canyon

BL Wynne-Cattanach, N Couto, HF Drake, R Ferrari… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Small-scale turbulent mixing drives the upwelling of deep water masses in the abyssal
ocean as part of the global overturning circulation. However, the processes leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced Dissipation of Internal Tides in a Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddy

Y Wang, S Legg - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The dissipation of low-mode internal tides as they propagate through mesoscale baroclinic
eddies is examined using a series of numerical simulations, complemented by three …

Observations of coherent transverse wakes in shoaling nonlinear internal waves

AJ Lucas, R Pinkel - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Space-and time-continuous seafloor temperature observations captured the three-
dimensional structure of shoaling nonlinear internal waves (NLIWs) off of La Jolla …

Numerical simulations of internal tide dynamics in a steep submarine canyon

E Masunaga, MH Alford, AJ Lucas… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study investigates three-dimensional semidiurnal internal tide (IT) energetics in the
vicinity of La Jolla Canyon, a steep shelf submarine canyon off the Southern California …

Distributed temperature sensing for oceanographic applications

G Sinnett, KA Davis, AJ Lucas… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Distributed temperature sensing (DTS) uses Raman scatter from laser light pulsed through
an optical fiber to observe temperature along a cable. Temperature resolution across broad …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of nonlinear internal wave run-up to the surfzone

G Sinnett, F Feddersen, AJ Lucas… - Journal of Physical …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Observations of Nonlinear Internal Wave Run-Up to the Surfzone in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 48 Issue 3 (2018) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

On the Magnitude of Canyon‐Induced Mixing

RH Nazarian, CM Burns, S Legg… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The location of mixing due to internal tides is important for both the ocean circulation as well
as local biogeochemical processes. Numerous observations and modeling studies have …

Turbulence driven by reflected internal tides in a supercritical submarine canyon

MM Hamann, MH Alford, AJ Lucas… - Journal of Physical …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The La Jolla Canyon System (LJCS) is a small, steep, shelf-incising canyon
offshore of San Diego, California. Observations conducted in the fall of 2016 capture the …

Shoaling internal tides propagating from a shallow ridge modulated by the Kuroshio

E Masunaga, H Tamura… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents remotely generated internal tides that propagate into shallow regions
and are modulated by background flows using numerical simulations and field observation …

Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean

HF Drake, X Ruan, R Ferrari - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Small-scale mixing drives the diabatic upwelling that closes the abyssal ocean overturning
circulation. Indirect microstructure measurements of in situ turbulence suggest that mixing is …