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Marine Bioluminescence: Simulation of Dynamics within a Pump-Through Bathyphotometer by Thombs, Austin, Shulman, Igor, Matt, Silvia

“…Bioluminescence is light produced by organisms through chemical reactions. In most cases, bioluminescent organisms produce light in response to mechanical…”
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Effects of Optical Turbulence and Density Gradients on Particle Image Velocimetry by Matt, Silvia, Nootz, Gero, Hellman, Samuel, Hou, Weilin

“…Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is a well-established tool to collect high-resolution velocity and turbulence data in the laboratory, in both air and water…”
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Surfactant-associated bacteria in the near-surface layer of the ocean by Kurata, Naoko, Vella, Kate, Hamilton, Bryan, Shivji, Mahmood, Soloviev, Alexander, Matt, Silvia, Tartar, Aurélien, Perrie, William

“…Certain marine bacteria found in the near-surface layer of the ocean are expected to play important roles in the production and decay of surface active…”
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Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Freshwater Lenses in the Ocean's Near-Surface Layer by Soloviev, Alexander V., Matt, Silvia, Fujimura, Atsushi

“…Convective rains in the Intertropical Convergence Zone produce lenses of freshened water on the ocean surface. Due to significant density differences between…”
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Air-sea interface in hurricane conditions by Soloviev, Alexander, Fujimura, Atsushi, Matt, Silvia

“…Improving hurricane prediction models requires better understanding of complex processes taking place at the air‐sea interface at high wind speeds. The change…”
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Imitating dolphins: Nature-inspired boundary modulation to reduce frictional drag by Matt, Silvia, Shi, Hongyang, Tan, Xiaobo, Thombs, Austin, Hou, Weilin

“…In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in mechanisms of flow and turbulence control inspired by aquatic animals. This includes passive mechanisms…”
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A reduction in near-field hydroacoustic flow noise using shark skin-inspired surfaces by Stocking, Jonathan, Sampath, Kaushik, Xu, Nicole, Geder, Jason, Matt, Silvia

“…Recent studies have demonstrated improved hydrodynamic performance for hydrofoils and uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) using passive surface geometries such…”
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Viscous and turbulent stress measurements above and below laboratory wind waves by Tenhaus, Janina, Buckley, Marc P., Matt, Silvia, Savelyev, Ivan B.

“…The influence of wind stress, wind drift, and wind-wave (microscale) breaking on the coupled air–sea boundary layer is poorly understood. We performed…”
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Introducing SiTTE: A controlled laboratory setting to study the impact of turbulent fluctuations on light propagation in the underwater environment by Matt, Silvia, Hou, Weilin, Goode, Wesley, Hellman, Sam

“…Small-scale spatial variation in temperature can lead to localized changes in the index of refraction and can distort electro-optical (EO) signal transmission…”
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Air-sea interface in hurricane conditions : Surface Waves and Wave-Coupled Effects in Lower Atmosphere and Upper Ocean by SOLOVIEV, Alexander, FUJIMURA, Atsushi, MATT, Silvia

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EO signal propagation in a simulated underwater turbulence environment by Weilin Hou, Matt, Silvia

“…Underwater electro-optical, or EO, transmission is a function of medium properties and constituents within. While the majority of the research focus has been…”
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A novel platform to study the effect of small-scale turbulent density fluctuations on underwater imaging in the ocean by Matt, Silvia, Hou, Weilin, Woods, Sarah, Goode, Wesley, Jarosz, Ewa, Weidemann, Alan

“…Optical signal transmission is an important component of numerous underwater applications, including visibility and electro-optical (EO) communication. In…”
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Model for the structure function constant for index of refraction fluctuations in Rayleigh-Benard turbulence by Handler, Robert A, Watkins, Richard J, Matt, Silvia, Judd, K. P

“…A model for the structure function constant associated with index of refraction fluctuations in Rayleigh-Benard turbulence is developed. The model is based…”
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High resolution simulation of high Reynolds number mixing in a 2D gravity current under variable forcing by Matt, Silvia

“…We investigate the impact of high-frequency variability in forcing on the dynamics of a density current using a high-order non-hydrostatic spectral element…”
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High resolution simulation of high Reynolds number mixing in a 2D gravity current under variable forcing by Matt, Silvia

“…We investigate the impact of high-frequency variability in forcing on the dynamics of a density current using a high-order non-hydrostatic spectral element…”
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Turbulent kinetic energy and temperature variance dissipation in laboratory generated Rayleigh-Bénard turbulence designed to study the distortion of light by underwater microstructure fluctuations by Matt, Silvia, Weilin Hou, Goode, Wesley, Josset, Damien

“…Small-scale variation in temperature and salinity can lead to localized changes in the index of refraction and can distort electro-optical (EO) signal…”
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The impact of thermal stratification and wind stress on sea surface features in SAR imagery by Fujimura, Atsushi, Matt, Silvia, Soloviev, Alexander, Maingot, Chris, Rhee, Shin H.

“…We have conducted high-resolution numerical experiments with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS FLUENT on the dynamics of centerline ship…”
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Observation of natural and artificial features on the sea surface from SAR satellite imagery with in-situ measurements by Maingot, Chris, Zhang, Biao, Soloviev, Alexander, Gilman, Mikhail, Matt, Silvia, Fenton, Jenny, Lehner, Susanne, Velotto, Domenico, Brusch, Stephan, Perrie, William

“…In this paper, several examples of synthetic aperture radar images of the sea surface from TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 in the Straits of Florida are examined…”
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Fine structure of the upper ocean from high-resolution Terrasar-X imagery and In-Situ measurements by Soloviev, A, Maingot, C, Fujimura, A, Fenton, J, Gilman, M, Matt, S, Lehner, S, Velotto, D, Brusch, S

“…We investigate small-scale features using SAR imagery, including sharp frontal interfaces, slicks of artificial and natural origin, and wakes of surface ships…”
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