SIO 213 / MAE 214B

Turbulence and Mixing

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to turbulence, importance of coherent structures, semi-empirical theories, effects of stratification and rotation on turbulent structure, entrainment and mixing, ocean mixing mechanism, their identification, description and modeling.

COURSE DOWNLOADS:

Videos:

• Brown, G.L. and Roshko, A. (1974)
• Pawlak, G. and Armi, L. (1998)
• NOAA Sea Surface Temperature South of Iceland

Reference Materials and Documents:

• Syllabus- pdf
• Reading List- pdf
• References- pdf

Selected Publications :

• Spirals on the Sea (2000)- pdf
• Upstream Internal Hydraulic Jumps (2006)- pdf
• The Hydraulics of Two Flowing Layers with Different Densities (1986)- pdf