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1	Parameterization of the oceanic mixed layer use in general circulation models Heald, Robert Cameron 20 April 1978 (has links) The behavior of different parameterizations of mixed layer physics when used in an oceanic general circulation model (OGCM) having coarse resolution of the upper ocean is examined. The method of parameterization is expected to have an important effect on the resulting sea surface temperature, and hence affect the model's overall fidelity from the viewpoint of air-sea interaction. Tests of three possible parameterizations differ in the manner in which the mixed layer depth is determined: predetermination, diagnostic determination, or prognostic determination. The sea surface temperature is taken to be equivalent to the top OGCM layer temperature in the first two methods, while it is found prognostically in the third method. Results show that for typical forcing cases such as strong insolation, weak surface cooling or weak winds, mixing is insufficient to cause heat transfer between the top two OGCM layers, which occupy the uppermost 500 m of the model. The predetermined and diagnostically determined mixed layer depth parameterizations reduce to a diffusive mixing parameterization, while the prognostic approach satisfactorily models mixed layer depths for all forcing cases. The prognostic method also agrees most closely with the results of a mixed layer model and with observations. / Graduation date: 1978 Oceanic mixing
2	A description of the oceanic mixed layer at Ocean Station P during August and September 1958 to 1967 Gallacher, Patrick C. 15 March 1978 (has links) Graduation date: 1978 Oceanic mixing
3	Shear of small vertical scale observed in the permanent oceanic thermocline / Van Leer, John C. January 1900 (has links) Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. / Bibliographic references included. Oceanic mixing.
4	Tide-related mixing in the eastern Arctic Ocean Howard, Susan L. 14 October 1997 (has links) Graduation date: 1998 Oceanic mixing Arctic Ocean
5	Chaotic advection and mixing in a western boundary current-recirculation system : laboratory experiments / Deese, Heather E. January 2000 (has links) Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), February 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-118). Oceanography. Oceanic mixing. Currents.
6	Mixing and heat transport mechanisms in the upper ocean in the Weddell Sea Robertson, Robin 18 February 1999 (has links) Graduation date: 1999 Oceanic mixing Seawater -- Thermodynamics
7	Lagrangian study of particle transport processes in the coastal Gulf of Maine / Xu, Danya, January 2008 (has links) Thesis (Ph.D.) in Oceanography--University of Maine, 2008. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-143). Fluid dynamics. Oceanic mixing.
8	Dynamics of rotating convection including a horizontal stratification and wind / Straneo, Fiammetta. January 1999 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-142). Convection (Oceanography) Oceanic mixing
9	La circulació general a la mar Catalana Font i Ferré, Jordi. January 1986 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Universitat de Barcelona, 1986. Ocean circulation Oceanic mixing.
10	Turbulence in sheared, salt-fingering favorable environment / Kimura, Satoshi. January 1900 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-89). Also available on the World Wide Web. Oceanic mixing. Turbulence. Salinity.

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