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Boundary Layer Mixing

Boundary Layer Mixing is a physical oceanographic process characterized by the enhancement of turbulent exchange near boundaries—such as the seafloor or the ocean surface—where gradients in velocity and density interact to drive localized diapycnal mixing distinct from interior mixing mechanisms.

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On density effects and large structure in turbulent mixing layers

Garry L. Brown, A. Roshko · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1974 · 3.4K citations

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Isopycnal Mixing in Ocean Circulation Models

Peter R. Gent, James C. McWilliams · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1990 · 3.3K citations

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Stratocumulus-capped mixed layers derived from a three-dimensional model

J. W. Deardorff · Boundary-Layer Meteorology · 1980 · 2.1K citations

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Flux of Gases across the Air-Sea Interface

Peter S. Liss, P. G. Slater · Nature · 1974 · 1.6K citations

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A generic length-scale equation for geophysical turbulence models

Lars Umlauf, Hans Burchard · Journal of Marine Research · 2003 · 1.2K citations

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  1. JC
    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    22 publications · 6.7K citations

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  2. RF
    Raffaele Ferrari

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    18 publications · 3.3K citations

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  3. BF
    Baylor Fox‐Kemper

    Brown University, United States

    16 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. JM
    John Marshall

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. HB
    Hans Burchard

    Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany

    14 publications · 2K citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    45 h-index

    165 publications

    16.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    41 h-index

    266 publications

    16.2K citations

  3. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    36 h-index

    105 publications

    18.9K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    35 h-index

    102 publications

    12.9K citations

  5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    34 h-index

    124 publications

    8.3K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    33 h-index

    94 publications

    10.2K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    32 h-index

    124 publications

    7.8K citations

  8. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    30 h-index

    98 publications

    9.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    282 publications · 23.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    198 publications · 19.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 172 publications · 11.7K citations

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  4. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    128 publications · 8.6K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    78 publications · 5.2K citations

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