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Creator:: Smyth, W. D., Moum, J. N., and Caldwell, D. R.
Abstract:: 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 experiments. The focus is on the flux coefficient Γ, the ratio of the turbulent buoyancy flux to the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate ϵ. In...
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Full Text:: Simulations and Microstructure Observations W. D. SMYTH, J. N. MOUM, AND D. R. CALDWELL College of Oceanic

Creator:: Paduan, S. D. and DeSzoeke, R. A.
Abstract:: Subsurface temperature data and surface meteorological data are analyzed from thermistor chain moorings deployed near 50°N, 140°W during the Storm Transfer and Response Experiment (STREX). The upper-ocean heat and potential energy (PE) contents to 90 m are examined for an 18-day period and their changes compared to the sources and...
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Creator:: Matano, R. P. and Palma, E. D.
Abstract:: This article presents a semianalytic method to investigate the properties of energy transmission across bottom topography by barotropic Rossby waves. The method is first used to revisit the analytical estimates derived from wave-matching techniques and Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) approximations. The comparison between the semianalytic method and WKB indicates that the results...
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Full Text:: Energy Transmission by Barotropic Rossby Waves Revisited R. P

Creator:: Paden, Cynthia A., Winant, Clinton D., and Abbott, Mark R.
Abstract:: Satellite infrared imagery and coastal meteorological data for March 1984 through February 1985 are used to estimate the net annual surface heat flux for the northern Gulf of California. The average annual surface heat flux for the area north of Guaymas and Santa Rosalia is estimated to be +74 W...
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Creator:: Perlin, N., Samelson, R. M., and Chelton, D. B.
Abstract:: Measurements of surface wind stress by the SeaWinds scatterometer on NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite are analyzed and compared with several different atmospheric model products, from an operational model and two high-resolution nested regional models, during two summer periods, June through September 2000 and 2001, in the coastal region west...
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Full Text:: the Oregon–Northern California Coastal Zone N. PERLIN, R. M. SAMELSON, AND D. B. CHELTON College of

Creator:: Minder, Justin R., Mote, Philip W., and Lundquist, Jessica D.
Abstract:: The typically sparse distribution of weather stations in mountainous terrain inadequately resolves temperature variability. Accordingly, high‐resolution gridding of climate data (for applications such as hydrological modeling) often relies on assumptions such as a constant surface temperature lapse rate (i.e., decrease of surface temperature with altitude) of 6.5°C km⁻¹. Using an...
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Full Text:: implications of these results for hydrological modeling. Citation: Minder, J. R., P. W. Mote, and J. D

Creator:: Simeon, Jennifer J., Barth, J. A., Bogucki, D. J., Erofeev, A., O'Malley, R., and Pierce, S. D.
Abstract:: This data report includes documentation of the Coastal Mixing and Optics (CMO) Experiment inherent optical property surveys on the continental shelf and slope in the Mid-Atlantic Bight south of Cape Cod, Massachusettes, USA. The surveys were conducted aboard the R/V Endeavor during two physical oceanography cruises: E9608 (14 August to...
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Creator:: Caldwell, D. R., Lien, R-C., Moum, J. N., and Gregg, M. C.
Abstract:: Although the process of restratification of the ocean surface layer at the equator following nighttime convection is similar in many ways to the process at midlatitudes, there are important differences. A composite day calculated from 15 days of consistent conditions at 140°W on the equator was compared with midlatitude observations...
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Full Text:: Ocean Surface Layer following Nighttime Convection D. R. CALDWELL College of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Creator:: Pillsbury, R. Dale, Barstow, D., Bottero, J. M., Pittock, G., Root, D. C., Simpkins, J., III, Still, R. E., and Whitworth, T., III
Abstract:: This report describes current meter measurements from an experiment to measure the deep western boundary current that carries dense water from the Antarctic to the Pacific Ocean. The field measurements were conducted as part of a joint two year experiment by Oregon State University, Texas A&M University, Woods Hole Oceanographic...
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Full Text:: Pacific Ocean WOCE PCM-9 February 1991 - December 1992 by R. Dale Pillsbury, D. Barstow, J. M. Bottero

Creator:: Pillsbury, R. Dale, Rudnick, Daniel L., Bottero, J. M., Pittock, G., Root, D. C., Simpkins, J., III., and Still, R. E.
Abstract:: The Samoan Passage experiment was designed to determine the northward transport of abyssal water through the Samoan Passage (l0°S, 170°W). This topographic constriction forms the major connection for deep (>4000 m) interbasin flow between hemispheres in the Pacific (Figure 1). This report presents current meter data from the six subsurface...
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