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Some observations of the occurrence of turbulence in and above the thermocline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

H. L. Grant
Affiliation:
Defence Research Establishment Pacific
Formerly Pacific Naval Laboratory.
Victoria, B.C., Canada
A. Moilliet
Affiliation:
Defence Research Establishment Pacific
Formerly Pacific Naval Laboratory.
Victoria, B.C., Canada
W. M. Vogel
Affiliation:
Defence Research Establishment Pacific
Formerly Pacific Naval Laboratory.
Victoria, B.C., Canada

Abstract

A hot film flowmeter, a thin film resistance thermometer and several thermistors were mounted on a submarine and used to study turbulence and temperature microstructure in the open sea. The surface layer is found to be continuously turbulent and patches of turbulence have been found in and below the main ocean thermocline.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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References

Grant, H. L., Hughes, B. A., Vogel, W. M. & Moilliet, A. 1968 J. Fluid Mech. 33, 423.
Grant, H. L., Stewart, R. W. & Moilliet, A. 1962 J. Fluid Mech. 12, 241.
Stewart, R. W. & Grant, H. L. 1962 J. Geophys. Res. 67, 3177.