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Measurements of Near-Surface Turbulence and Mixing from Autonomous Ocean Gliders by St. Laurent, Louis, Merrifield, Sophia

“…As autonomous sampling technologies have matured, ocean sensing concepts with long histories have migrated from their traditional ship-based roots to new…”
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How Variable Is Mixing Efficiency in the Abyss? by Ijichi, Takashi, St. Laurent, Louis, Polzin, Kurt L., Toole, John M.

“…Mixing efficiency is an important turbulent flow property in fluid dynamics, whose variability potentially affects the large‐scale ocean circulation. However,…”
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Turbulent dissipation on the margins of the South China Sea by LAURENT, Louis St

“…Measurements of turbulence along the continental slope, shelfbreak, and shelf of the northern South China Sea are presented from a 10‐day measurement program…”
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Modification of Upper-Ocean Temperature Structure by Subsurface Mixing in the Presence of Strong Salinity Stratification by Shroyer, Emily L., Rudnick, Daniel L., Farrar, J. Thomas, Lim, Byungho, Venayagamoorthy, S. Karan, St. Laurent, Louis C., Garanaik, Amrapalli, Moum, James N.

“…The Bay of Bengal has a complex upper-ocean temperature and salinity structure that is, in places, characterized by strong salinity stratification and multiple…”
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Turbulent Diffusivity Profiles on the Shelf and Slope at the Southern Edge of the Canada Basin by Yee, Ruby, Musgrave, Ruth, Fine, Elizabeth, Nash, Jonathan, St. Laurent, Louis, Pickart, Robert

“…Vertical profiles of temperature microstructure at 95 stations were obtained over the Beaufort shelf and shelfbreak in the southern Canada Basin during a…”
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The relationship among oceanography, prey fields, and beaked whale foraging habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean by Hazen, Elliott L, Nowacek, Douglas P, St Laurent, Louis, Halpin, Patrick N, Moretti, David J

“…Beaked whales, specifically Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) and Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris), are known to feed in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas…”
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Intense mixing of lower thermocline water on the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by Thurnherr, Andreas M, St Laurent, Louis C

“…Buoyancy exchange between the deep and the upper ocean, which is essential for maintaining global ocean circulation, mainly occurs through turbulent mixing…”
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Turbulent Properties of Internal Waves in the South China Sea by ST. LAURENT, LOUIS, SIMMONS, HARPER, TANG, TSWEN YUNG, WANG, YUHUAI

“…Luzon Strait and South China Sea waters are among the most energetic internal wave environments in the global ocean. Strong tides and stratification in Luzon…”
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Estimates of Power Consumed by Mixing in the Ocean Interior by St. Laurent, Louis, Simmons, Harper

“…Much attention has focused on the power required for driving mixing processes in the ocean interior, the thermohaline circulation, and the related meridional…”
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Autonomous Multi-Platform Observations During the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study by Lindstrom, Eric J., Shcherbina, Andrey Y., Rainville, Luc, Farrar, J. Thomas, Centurioni, Luca R., Dong, Shenfu, D’Asaro, Eric A., Eriksen, Charles, Fratantoni, David M., Hodges, Benjamin A., Hormann, Verena, Kessler, William S., Lee, Craig M., Riser, Stephen C., St. Laurent, Louis, Volkov, Denis L.

“…The Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS) aims to understand the patterns and variability of sea surface salinity. In order to capture…”
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An Introduction to the Special Issue on Internal Waves by St. Laurent, Louis, Alford, Matthew, Paluszkiewicz, Terri

“…This special issue of Oceanography presents a survey of recent work on internal waves in the ocean. The undersea analogue to the surface waves we see breaking…”
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Parameterizing tidal dissipation over rough topography by Jayne, Steven R., St. Laurent, Louis C.

“…The traditional model of tidal dissipation is based on a frictional bottom boundary layer, in which the work done by bottom drag is proportional to a drag…”
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Turbulence Observations in a Buoyant Hydrothermal Plume on the East Pacific Rise by THURNHERR, ANDREAS M., ST. LAURENT, LOUIS C.

“…Hot vent fluid enters the ocean at high-temperature hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers. Because of the large temperature difference between the…”
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Dissipation processes in the Tongue of the Ocean by Hooper, James A., Baringer, Molly O., St. Laurent, Louis C., Dewar, William K., Nowacek, Doug

“…The Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO) region located within the Bahamas archipelago is a relatively understudied region in terms of both its biological and physical…”
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TURBULENCE AND VORTICITY IN THE WAKE OF PALAU by St. Laurent, Louis, Ijichi, Takashi, Merrifield, Sophia T., Shapiro, Justin, Simmons, Harper L.

“…The interaction of flow with steep island and ridge topography at the Palau island chain leads to rich vorticity fields that generate a cascade of motions. The…”
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Shoaling of large-amplitude nonlinear internal waves at Dongsha Atoll in the northern South China Sea by Fu, Ke-Hsien, Wang, Yu-Huai, St. Laurent, Louis, Simmons, Harper, Wang, Dong-Ping

“…Shoaling of large-amplitude (∼100m) nonlinear internal waves over a steep slope (∼3°) in water depths between 100m and 285m near Dongsha Atoll in the northern…”
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Distinct water mass between inside and outside eddy drive changes in prokaryotic growth and mortality in the tropical Pacific Ocean by Chen, Patrichka Wei-Yi, Olivia, Madeline, Gong, Gwo-Ching, Jan, Sen, Ho, Tung-Yuan, St. Laurent, Louis, Tsai, An-Yi

“…Throughout the western tropical Pacific Ocean, eddies and currents play an important role in biogeochemical cycling. Many studies have investigated the effects…”
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Connections Between Ocean Bottom Topography and Earth's Climate by Jayne, Steven R., St. Laurent, Louis C., Gille, Sarah T.

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Aspects of Deep Ocean Mixing by Garrett, C, St Laurent, L

“…The turbulent motions responsible for ocean mixing occur on scales much smaller than those resolved in numerical simulations of oceanic flows. Great progress…”
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An examination of the radiative and dissipative properties of deep ocean internal tides by St. Laurent, Louis C., Nash, Jonathan D.

“…In this study, the energy flux and energy dissipation of deep ocean internal tides are examined. Properties of the internal tide from two distinct generation…”
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