Measurements of buoyancy flux in a stratified turbulent flow
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2018.933
Abstract: We present new experimental data on the controls on the buoyancy flux in a stratified turbulent flow. The inner cylinder of an annulus of fluid with vertical axis is rotated to produce a turbulent flow… read more here.
Keywords: salt flux; flux; buoyancy flux; buoyancy ... See more keywords
Parameterizing Submesoscale Vertical Buoyancy Flux by Simultaneously Considering Baroclinic Instability and Strain‐Induced Frontogenesis
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DOI: 10.1029/2022gl102292
Abstract: Oceanic submesoscale processes (submesoscales) with O(1–10) km horizontal scale can generate strong vertical buoyancy flux (VBF) that significantly modulate upper‐ocean stratification. Because submesoscales cannot be resolved by the prevailing ocean models, their VBFs have to… read more here.
Keywords: vertical buoyancy; strain induced; simultaneously considering; buoyancy flux ... See more keywords
Assessing the Effects of Langmuir Turbulence on the Entrainment Buoyancy Flux in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer
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DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0085.1
Abstract: AbstractLarge-eddy simulations (LESs) with various constant wind, wave, and surface destabilizing surface buoyancy flux forcing are conducted, with a focus on assessing the impact of Langmuir turbulence on the entrainment buoyancy flux at the base… read more here.
Keywords: surface; turbulence; buoyancy flux; entrainment buoyancy ... See more keywords
Observed Features of Langmuir Turbulence Forced by Misaligned Wind and Waves under Destabilizing Buoyancy Flux
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DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0038.1
Abstract: Several features of Langmuir turbulence remain unquantified despite its potentially large impacts on ocean surface mixing. For example, its vertical velocity variance, expected to be proportional to based on numerical simulations, was proportional to in… read more here.
Keywords: velocity; turbulence; buoyancy flux; features langmuir ... See more keywords