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Oceanic fine and microstructure
Author(s) -
Gregg M. C.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg013i003p00586
Subject(s) - instrumentation (computer programming) , relation (database) , computer science , dissipation , work (physics) , data science , geophysics , geology , data mining , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , thermodynamics , operating system
During the past quadrennium there has been a large increase in the effort directed toward the smallest scales of variability in the ocean. The importance of this undertaking in relation to the basic physics of the sea was discussed in the previous quadrennial report by C. S. Cox and in general discussions by Charnock [1972] and Gregg [1973]. The work has included instrumentation, the development of complete data acquisition systems as well as individual sensors; observation, the display of high‐quality data to millimeter scales as well as more quantitative information on spectral levels and dissipation rates; analytical models, principally the development of a framework for discussing and comparing observations of temporal and spatial variability; and laboratory experiments, which have shown continued insights into double diffusivity phenomena and shear instabilities. In discussing particular developments in each of these categories there must be mention of work done on internal waves; however, for a complete discussion of this area the reader is referred to the companion review in this series by M. G. Briscoe.