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Enhancement of fronts by vertical mixing

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Dewey, Richard K. and Moum, James N.

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Microstructure observations near upwelled fronts indicate considerable variation in the structure of vertical mixing across the frontal region. Observations of cool filaments off northern California indicate that within the cool (dense) core of filaments the raised pycnocline inhibits the penetration to middepths of surface-generated mixing. The microstructure profiles are used...

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Mixing RICHARD K. DEWEY AND JAMES N. MOUM College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Microstructure activity within a minifilament in the Coastal Transition Zone

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Dewey, Richard K., Moum, James N., and Caldwell, Douglas R.

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This paper presents observations of a dynamic minifilament and summarizes the findings of three microstructure surveys across and within the meandering current structures of the Coastal Transition Zone (CTZ). An actively turbulent minifilament is discussed and possible consequences of the small-scale processes with regard to frontal dynamics are examined. Four...

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Microstructure Activity Within a Minifilament in the Coastal Transition Zone RICHARD K. DEWEY Science
Structure and dynamics of a coastal filament

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Dewey, Richard K., Moum, James N., Paulson, Clayton A., Caldwell, Douglas R., and Pierce, Stephen D.

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Repeated microstructure transects across filaments in the coastal transition zone (CTZ) have Revealed fundamental structure and dynamics of the complicated features. The measurements allow detailed momentum and vorticity analyses and provide a possible explanations for structural asymmetry of the fronts. Observations made between July 2 and July 23, 1988, along...

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Coastal Filament RICHARD K. DEWEY, 1 JAMES N. MOUM, CLAYTON A. PAULSON, DOUGLAS R. CALDWELL, AND