• Shear Instability and Turbulence Within a Submesoscale Front Following a Storm 

      Carpenter, Jeffrey R.ORCIDiD; Rodrigues, Arthur; Schultze, Larissa K. P.ORCIDiD; Merckelbach, Lucas M.; Suzuki, NobuhiroORCIDiD; Baschek, Burkard; Umlauf, LarsORCIDiD (Geophysical Research Letters, 2020-12-10)
      Narrow baroclinic fronts are observed in the surface mixed layer (SML) of the Baltic Sea following an autumn storm. The fronts are subjected to hydrodynamic instabilities that lead to submesoscale and turbulent motions ...
    • Storm-induced turbulence alters shelf sea vertical fluxes 

      Schultze, Larissa K. P.ORCIDiD; Merckelbach, Lucas M.; Carpenter, Jeffrey R.ORCIDiD (Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2020)
      Storms are infrequent, intense, physical forcing events that represent a potentially significant driver of ocean ecosystems. The objective of this study was to assess changes in water column structure and turbulent fluxes ...
    • The Role of Turbulence in Fueling the Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum in Tidally Dominated Shelf Seas 

      Becherer, JohannesORCIDiD; Burchard, HansORCIDiD; Carpenter, Jeffrey R.ORCIDiD; Graewe, Ulf; Merckelbach, Lucas M. (Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2022-08-25)
      Glider observations show a subsurface chlorophyll maximum (SCM) at the base of the seasonal pycnocline in the North Sea during stable summer conditions. A colocated peak in the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy ...