VMP-500 Selected Publications

O.Sepúlveda Steiner, D.Bouffard and A. Wüest (2019), Convection‐Diffusion Competition Within Mixed Layers of Stratified Natural Waters. Geophys. Res. Letters 10.1029 Download>> 

I. Lozovatsky, H.J.S. Fernando, J. Planella-Morato, Z. Liu, J.-H. Lee and S.U.P. Jinadasa, Probability Distribution of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate in Ocean: Observations and Approximations, Accepted manuscript online: 17 SEP 2017, DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013076 Read More>>

Sommer T. et al (2017), Bacteria-induced mixing in natural watersGeophys. Res. Lett.44, DOI:10.1002/2017GL074868. Read More>>

Jinadasa, S.U.P., I. Lozovatsky, J. Planella- Morató, J.D. Nash, J.A. MacKinnon, A.J. Lucas, H.W. Wijesekera, and H.J.S. Fernando. 2016. Ocean turbulence and mixing around Sri Lanka and in adjacent waters of the northern Bay of Bengal. Oceanography 29(2):170–179, DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.49 Read More>>

Cyr, F., D. Bourgault, and P. S. Galbraith (2015). Behavior and mixing of a cold intermediate layer near a sloping boundary.  Ocean Dynamics, 65, 357-374. Read More >>

Rippeth, Tom P. and Lincoln, Ben J. and Lenn, Yueng-Djern and Green, J. A. Mattias and Sundfjord, Arild and Bacon, Sheldon (2015). Tide-mediated warming of Arctic halocline by Atlantic heat fluxes over rough topography. Nature Geosci., Vol. 8 (3), 191-194. Read More >>

Wijesekera, H. W., E. Jarosz, W. J. Teague, and D. W. Wang (2014). Measurements of Form and Frictional Drags over a Rough Topographic Bank. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44, 2409–2432. Read More>>

Ewa Jarosz, Hemantha W. Wijesekera, W. J. Teague, D. B. Fribance and M. A. Moline (2014). Observations on stratified flow over a bank at low Froude numbers. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans (119). Read More >>

Scheifele, B., R. Pawlowicz, T. Sommer, A. Wüest (2014). Double diffusion in saline Powell Lake, British Columbia. J. Phys. Oceanography. Read More>>

Sommer, T., J. R. Carpenter, and A. Wüest (2014). Double?diffusive interfaces in Lake Kivu reproduced by direct numerical simulations. Geophysical Research Letters 41.14, 5114-5121. Read More >>

Sommer, T., J. R. Carpenter, M. Schmid, R. G. Lueck, M. Schurter, and A. Wüest (2013), Interface structure and flux laws in a natural double-diffusive layering, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 6092–6106 Read More>>

Sommer, Tobias, Jeffrey R. Carpenter, Martin Schmid, Rolf G. Lueck, Alfred Wüest, 2013: Revisiting microstructure sensor responses with implications for double-diffusive fluxes. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 30, 1907–1923.  Read More >>

Xin Liu, Ken Furuya, Takuhei Shiozaki, Takako Masuda, Taketoshi Kodama, Mitsuhide Sato, Hitoshi Kaneko, Maki Nagasawa, Ichiro Yasuda, Variability in nitrogen sources for new production in the vicinity of the shelf edge of the East China Sea in summer, Continental Shelf Research, Volumes 61–62, 1 July 2013, Pages 23-30. Read More>>

Kaneko, H., I. Yasuda, K. Komatsu, and S. Itoh, 2013: Observations of vertical turbulent nitrate flux across the Kuroshio, Geophys. Res. Lett. 1944-8007.Read More >>

Wolk, F., J. Hancyk, R. Lueck, 2012, Turbulence Measurements Using Non-Acoustic Sensors in a High-Flow Tidal Channel, Paper presented at the 1st Asian Wave and Tidal Conference Series (AWTEC 2012), Jeju Island, Korea, November 27-30, 2012. Download

Stevens, CL, M.J. Smith, B. Grant, C.L. Stewart,T. Divett, 2012, Tidal Stream Energy Extraction in a Large Deep Strait: the Karori Rip, Cook Strait, Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 33, 100-109. Read More>>

Bourgault D., P. S. Galbraith, and G. Winkler (2012), Exploratory Observations of Winter Oceanographic Conditions in the Saguenay Fjord, Atmosphere-Ocean, Vol 50(1) Read More >>

St. Laurent, L., H. Simmons, T.Y. Tang, and Y.H. Wang. 2011. Turbulent properties of internal waves in the South China Sea. Oceanography 24(4):78–87 Read More>>

Stevens, C. L., Stewart, C. L., Robinson, N. J., Williams, M. J. M., and Haskell, T. G.: Flow and mixing near a glacier tongue: a pilot study, Ocean Sci., 7, 293-304 Read More >>

Itoh, S., I. Yasuda, M. Yagi, S. Osafune, H. Kaneko, J. Nishioka, T. Nakatsuka, and Y. N. Volkov (2011), Strong vertical mixing in the Urup Strait, Geophys Res Lett, 38(16), Read More>>

Bourgault, D., C. Hamel, F. Cyr, J.-É. Tremblay, P. S. Galbraith, D. Dumont, and Y. Gratton (2011), Turbulent nitrate fluxes in the Amundsen Gulf during ice-covered conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L15602, Read More >>

Cyr, F., D. Bourgault, and P. S. Galbraith (2011), Interior versus boundary mixing of a cold intermediate layer, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C12029, Read More>>

Bourgault, D., Janes, D.C., and Galbraith, P.S. (2011), Observations of a Large-Amplitude Internal Wave Train and Its Reflection off a Steep Slope, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 586-600. Download

Carpenter, J.R., Sommer, T., and Wüest, A. (2011), Direct numerical simulations of a double-diffusive interface in the diffusive regime, J. Phys. Oceanogr., (submitted). Download

Itoh, S., I. Yasuda, T. Nakatsuka, J. Nishioka, and Y. N. Volkov (2010), Fine- and microstructure observations in the Urup Strait, Kuril Islands, during August 2006, J Geophys Res-Oceans, 115, Read More>>

Lenn, Y.D., P. J. Wiles, S. Torres-Valdes, E.P. Abrahamsen, T.P. Rippeth,
J.H. Simpson, S. Bacon, S.W. Laxon, I. Polyakov, V. Ivanov, and S. Kirillov (2009), Vertical mixing at intermediate depths in the Arctic boundary current, Geophys. Res. Letters, 36, L05601, Read More >>

Bourgault, D., Kelley, D. E., and Galbraith, P. S. (2008), Turbulence and boluses on an internal beach. Journal of Marine Research, 66, 563–588. Read More>>

Fairhurst, L. (2007, 8 10). FSU study finds deep ocean turbulence has big impact on climate. Retrieved from FSU News: http://fsu.edu/news/2007/08/10/ocean.turbulence/ Download

Bourgault, D.; Cyr, F.; Galbraith, P. S. and Pelletier, E; Relative importance of pelagic and sediment respiration in causing hypoxia in a deep estuary. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 117, No. C8, C08033. Read More>>