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A three-dimensional numerical study of river plume mixing processes in Otsuchi Bay, Japan
The three-dimensional numerical model SUNTANS is applied to investigate river plume mixing in Otsuchi Bay, an estuary located along the Sanriku Coast of Iwate, Japan. Results from numerical simulations with di...
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Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Stratified Systems
This chapter synthesizes progress achieved in the understanding of the dynamics of harmful algal blooms (HABs) under the auspices of the GEOHAB Core Research Project HABs in Stratified Systems. A variety of aq...
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An observational and numerical study of river plume dynamics in Otsuchi Bay, Japan
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Hypolimnetic turbulence generation associated with superposition of large-scale internal waves in a strongly stratified lake: Lake Biwa, Japan
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Multilayer biological structure and mixing in the upper water column of Lake Biwa during summer 2008
We carried out a 24-h station experiment at Lake Biwa (Japan) to measure mixing events and concurrent biological signals using a free-fall microstructure profiler (TurboMAP-L), conventional hydrographic measur...
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Oceanic Velocity Microstructure Measurements in the 20th Century
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Observations of a Kelvin-Helmholtz Billow in the Ocean
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An Application of Turbulence Data to the California Undercurrent
Persistent and large rates of the dissipation of kinetic energy were observed in the intrusive region of the California Undercurrent. Viscous dissipation can extract the total mechanical energy (potential plus...
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Review of Oceanic Turbulence: Implications for Biodynamics
This review focuses on the nature of oceanic turbulence. It describes some of the existing ideas and measurements to bring attention to the possible effects of turbulence on biodynamics. Much of the turbulence...
