Mixing efficiency in the ocean

MC Gregg, EA D'Asaro, JJ Riley… - Annual review of marine …, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Mixing efficiency is the ratio of the net change in potential energy to the energy expended in
producing the mixing. Parameterizations of efficiency and of related mixing coefficients are …

Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere

DC Fritts, MJ Alexander - Reviews of geophysics, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric gravity waves have been a subject of intense research activity in recent years
because of their myriad effects and their major contributions to atmospheric circulation …

Mixing efficiency in stratified shear flows

WR Peltier, CP Caulfield - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2003‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The issue of the physical mechanism (s) that control the efficiency with which the
density field in stably stratified fluid is mixed by turbulent processes has remained enigmatic …

Scaling analysis and simulation of strongly stratified turbulent flows

G Brethouwer, P Billant, E Lindborg… - Journal of Fluid …, 2007‏ - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulations of stably and strongly stratified turbulent flows with Reynolds
number Re≫ 1 and horizontal Froude number Fh≪ 1 are presented. The results are …

[ספר][B] An introduction to ocean turbulence

SA Thorpe - 2007‏ - toc.library.ethz.ch
1.3 Joule's experiment 5 1.4 The surf zone: waves and turbulence 8 1.5 The nature of
turbulent flow 13 1.5. 1 Stirring 4-diffusion= mixing 13 1.5. 2 Entrainment and detrainment 15 …

Structure and generation of turbulence at interfaces strained by internal solitary waves propagating shoreward over the continental shelf

JN Moum, DM Farmer, WD Smyth… - Journal of Physical …, 2003‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Detailed observations of the structure within internal solitary waves propagating shoreward
over Oregon's continental shelf reveal the evolving nature of interfaces as they become …

The efficiency of mixing in turbulent patches: Inferences from direct simulations and microstructure observations

WD Smyth, JN Moum… - Journal of Physical …, 2001‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The time evolution of mixing in turbulent overturns is investigated using a combination of
direct numerical simulations (DNS) and microstructure profiles obtained during two field …

Length scales of turbulence in stably stratified mixing layers

WD Smyth, JN Moum - Physics of Fluids, 2000‏ - pubs.aip.org
Turbulence resulting from Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in layers of localized stratification and
shear is studied by means of direct numerical simulation. Our objective is to present a …

[ספר][B] Applied turbulence modelling in marine waters

H Burchard - 2007‏ - books.google.com
The simulation of turbulent mixing processes in marine waters is one of the most pressing
tasks in oceanography. It is rendered difficult by the various complex phenomena occurring …

Diapycnal diffusivity, turbulent Prandtl number and mixing efficiency in Boussinesq stratified turbulence

H Salehipour, WR Peltier - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015‏ - cambridge.org
In order that it be correctly characterized, irreversible turbulent mixing in stratified fluids must
distinguish between adiabatic 'stirring'and diabatic 'mixing'. Such a distinction has been …