Diapycnal Processes
Slides:
Lecture 1: Classical turbulence [final, ~26Mb]
Lecture 2: Geophysical turbulence 1 [final, ~16Mb]
Lecture 3: Geophysical turbulence 2 [final, ~25Mb]
Lecture 4: Upper ocean processes [draft, ~34Mb]
Texts
Smyth, W.D. and J.N. Moum, 2016: "3D Turbulence", Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press. [PDF]
Moum, J.N. and W.D. Smyth, 2018: "Upper Ocean Mixing", Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press. [PDF]
Useful readings
Winters, K., P. Lombard, J. Riley and E. D'Asaro, 1995: “Available potential energy and mixing in density-stratified fluids”, J. Fluid Mech. 289, 115-128. [PDF]
Winters, K. and E. D'Asaro, 1995: “Diascalar flux and the rate of fluid mixing”, J. Fluid Mech. 317, 179-193. [PDF]
D'Asaro, E. & R.-C. Lien 2000: “The wave-turbulence transition for stratified flows”, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 30, 1669-1678. [PDF]
Kunze, E. 2019: “A unified model spectrum for anisotropic stratified and isotropic turbulence in the ocean and atmosphere”, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 49, 385-407. [PDF]
Smyth, W.D. and J.N. Moum, 2000: "Length scales of turbulence in stably stratified mixing layers.", Phys. Fluids 12, 1327-1342. [PDF]
Smyth, W.D., J.D. Nash & J.N. Moum, 2019: “Self-organized criticality in geophysical turbulence”, Nature Sci. Rep. 9, 3747. [PDF]
