Understanding how turbulence leads to the enhanced irreversible transport of heat and
other scalars such as salt and pollutants in density-stratified fluids is a fundamental and …

Instability in homogeneous and density stratified shear flows may be interpreted in terms of
the interaction of two (or more) otherwise free waves in the velocity and density profiles …

We consider numerically the transition to turbulence and associated mixing in stratified
shear flows with initial velocity distribution. Despite their vastly different mechanics (ie …

The stability properties of 24 experimentally generated internal solitary waves (ISWs) of
extremely large amplitude, all with minimum Richardson number less than 1/4, are …

We investigate the occurrence of shear instability in the Fraser River estuary. Instabilities
observed with an echo sounder are compared with a linear stability analysis based on …

One interpretation of the mechanism of instability in stratified shear flows is based on the
idea that two independently propagating waves may interact to cause mutual growth in one …

In low winds (≲ 2 ms− 1), diurnal warm layers form, but shear in the near-surface jet is too
weak to generate shear instability and mixing. In high winds (≳ 8 ms− 1), surface heat is …

In this study we explore the effect of an offset between the velocity and density interfaces on
the dynamics and mixing of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability in stratified shear flows …

When a stably stratified density interface is embedded in a region of strong velocity shear,
hydrodynamic instabilities result. Here we generalize the stratified shear layer to allow an …

Direct simulations are used to study turbulence and mixing in Holmboe waves. Previous
results showing that mixing in Holmboe waves is comparable to that found in the better …