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Dissipation rates of turbulence kinetic energy in the free atmosphere: MST radar and radiosondes by Kantha, L., Hocking, W.

“…Our knowledge of the spatio-temporal variability of the dissipation rates of turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) in the free atmosphere is severely limited because…”
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A Time-Dependent Λ and G Cosmological Model Consistent with Cosmological Constraints by Kantha, Lakshmi

“…The prevailing constant Λ-G cosmological model agrees with observational evidence including the observed red shift, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), and the…”
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Midlevel Cloud‐Base Turbulence: Radar Observations and Models by Kantha, L., Luce, H., Hashiguchi, H.

“…Midlevel Cloud‐base Turbulence (MCT) caused by ice/snow precipitation from midlevel clouds falling into dry air below the cloud base and sublimating is…”
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A note on the decay rate of swell by Kantha, L.

“…In this note, we examine the extraction of energy from waves by the turbulence in the upper ocean as one possible physical mechanism for the attenuation of…”
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Chlorophyll dispersal by eddy-eddy interactions in the Gulf of Mexico by Toner, M., Kirwan Jr, A. D., Poje, A. C., Kantha, L. H., Müller-Karger, F. E., Jones, C. K. R. T.

“…A Lagrangian analysis of the transport and dispersal of plumes observed in satellite‐derived ocean color images was conducted using a data‐assimilating model…”
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The length scale equation in turbulence models by Kantha, L. H.

“…The question of which length scale equation to use in models of turbulence has long been controversial and several approaches have been suggested and used in…”
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On the effect of surface gravity waves on mixing in the oceanic mixed layer by Kantha, Lakshmi H., Anne Clayson, Carol

“…We apply a one-dimensional mixed layer model, based on second moment closure of turbulence, to study the effects of surface gravity waves on mixing in the…”
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Field and numerical study of entrainment laws for surface mixed layer by Nagai, T., Yamazaki, H., Nagashima, H., Kantha, L.H.

“…A steady deepening of the diurnal mixed layer was observed in a large Japanese freshwater lake Lake Biwa during nocturnal cooling. The observed dissipation…”
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Can general circulation models be assessed and their output enhanced with drifter data? by Toner, M., Kirwan, A. D., Kantha, L. H., Choi, J. K.

“…Drifter data from the Gulf of Mexico are used to assess and enhance the output of a primitive equation general circulation model. The analysis is made in a 450…”
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Recent observations and modeling in the Arabian Sea Laccadive High region by Bruce, J. G., Kindle, J. C., Kantha, L. H., Kerling, J. L., Bailey, J. F.

“…Recent observations that include an airborne expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) survey and coincident satellite altimeter measurements together with a…”
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An oceanographic nowcast/forecast system for the Red Sea by Clifford, Melody, Horton, Charles, Schmitz, Joyce, Kantha, Lakshmi H.

“…We describe the application of a nowcast/forecast system for three‐dimensional currents, temperature, and salinity to the Red Sea. The modeling system is…”
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Global baroclinic tides by KANTHA, L. H, TIERNEY, C. C

“…An approximate estimate of the energy in the first mode M sub(2) baroclinic tide has been made from satellite observations. Results based on TOPEX/POSEIDON…”
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Changes in photosynthetic activity in five common hybrids of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) seedlings under water deficit by Suresh, K, Nagamani, C, Kantha, D. L, Kumar, M. K

“…The leaf water potential, gas-exchange parameters and chlorophyll fluorescence were evaluated in five common oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) tenera hybrids…”
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A Time-Dependent [Lambda] and G Cosmological Model Consistent with Cosmological Constraints by Kantha, L

“…The prevailing constant Λ-G cosmological model agrees with observational evidence including the observed red shift, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), and the…”
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Tracking the drift of a human body in the coastal ocean using numerical prediction models of the oceanic, atmospheric and wave conditions by Carniel, S., Umgiesser, G., Sclavo, M., Kantha, L.H., Monti, S.

“…This paper describes the use of numerical models to infer the path of a floating human body in the Ligurian Sea (north-west Mediterranean) during the month of…”
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Predictability, uncertainty, and hyperbolicity in the ocean by Kirwan, A.D., Toner, M., Kantha, L.

“…Lagrangian predictability of an ocean flow is studied using ideas from dynamical systems theory. Finite-time analogues of invariant manifolds and attractors…”
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A note on Tennekes hypothesis and its impact on second moment closure models by Kantha, L., Bao, J.-W., Carniel, S.

“…Tennekes [Lecture Notes on Turbulence, World Scientific (1989) 32] postulated that the shear production term should drop out of the equation for the rate of…”
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Long-period lunar fortnightly and monthly ocean tides by Kantha, Lakshmi H., Stewart, J. Scott, Desai, Shailen D.

“…Long‐period lunar fortnightly (Mf) and monthly (Mm) tides in the global oceans are of particular interest to geophysicists because of their impact on the…”
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Statistical assessment of a Doppler radar model of TKE dissipation rate for low Richardson numbers by Luce, Hubert, Kantha, Lakshmi, Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki

“…The potential ability of VHF or UHF Doppler radars to measure turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation rate ε in the atmosphere is a major asset of these…”
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Shallow and deep water global ocean tides from altimetry and numerical modeling by Tierney, Craig C., Kantha, Lakshmi H., Born, George H.

“…We present here a 1/4° resolution near‐global barotropic tidal model designed specifically to provide more accurate tides in shallow water. The model…”
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