The following references describe SCAMP or related instruments and measurements.

Recent SCAMP Papers

Cousins, Mary, Mark T. Stacey, and Jeana L. Drake. (2010), Effects of Seasonal Stratification on Turbulent Mixing in a Hypereutrophic Coastal Lagoon. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 55, pages 172-186. View Paper Abstract

Steinbuck, J.V., A. Genin, S.G. Monismith, J.R. Koseff, R. Holzman, and R.G. Labiosa, 2010. Turbulent mixing in fine-scale phytoplankton layers: Observations and inferences of layer dynamics. Continental Shelf Research, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.12.014. View the Abstract

All SCAMP Papers

Anis, A. (2006), Similarity Relationships in the Unstable Aquatic Surface Layer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19609, doi:10.1029/2006GL027268. View Abstract.

Anis, A; Singhal, G. (July 2006), Mixing in the Surface Boundary Layer of a Tropical Freshwater Reservoir, Journal of Marine Systems, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.07.003. View the View Abstract.

Boehrer, B. and C. Stevens (2005), Ray waves in a pit lake, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, L24608, doi:10.1029/2005GL024678. View Abstract.

Chen, H. , M. Hondzo, A. Rao,  Segmentation of temperature microstructure,  Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 107(C12), 2002.

Cowen, Edwin; Rueda, Francisco. Exchange Between a Freshwater Embayment and a Large Lake Through a Lon, Shallow Channel. Limnology and Oceanography. ISSN 0024-3590. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University. 2005. View Abstract

Cowles, Todd, Characteristics, Distribution and persistence of thin layers over a 48 hour period, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 261: 1 - 19, 2003 Published October 17.  View A bstract

Edwards, W.J., J.D. Conroy, and D.A. Culver. 2005. Hypolimnetic oxygen depletion dynamics in the central basin of Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31(Suppl. 2): 262-271. View Abstract

Etemad-Shahidi, Amir and Imberger, Jorg (1998).   Anatomy of Turbulence in Thermally Stratified Lakes.  Submitted to Limnology and Oceanography.  This paper presents a comparison of the dissipation obtained from shear with dissipation obtained from thermal gradients.  View the abstract in Adobe format.

Gregg, M.C., Uncertainties and Limitations in Measuring e and Xt,  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 1483-1490, 1999. Abstract

Hondzo, M., and Z. Haider (2004), Boundary mixing in a small stratified lake, Water Resour. Res., 40, W03101, doi:10.1029/2002WR001851. Abstract

Huisman, Jeff , Jonathan Sharples, Jasper M. Stroom, Petra M. Visser, W. Edwin A. Kardinaal,J olanda M. H. Verspagen, and Ben Sommeijer (2004), Changes in Turbulent Mixing Shift Competition for Light Between Phytoplankton Species, Ecology, Vol. 85, No. 11, pp. 2960–2970. View the abstract in Adobe format.

Imberger, J. and Ivey, G.N.  (1990).    On the Nature of Turbulence in a Stratified Fluid.  Part II: Application to Lakes.  J. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 21, pages 659 to 680.   This paper (together with Part I) is the fundamental work upon which SCAMP is based.  View the abstract in Adobe format.

Imberger, J. and Saggio, A. (2001). Mixing and Turbulent Fluxes in the Metalimnion of a Stratified Lake. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 46, pages 392-409. View the abstract on-line.

Ivey G.N, M.E. Barry, Estimation of the rate of dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent lengthscales in grid-generated turbulence, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 35: 5, 2003 Published May. View Abstract.

Ivey, G.N., and Imberger, J.  (1990).    On the Nature of Turbulence in a Stratified Fluid.  Part I: The Energetics of Mixing.  J. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 21, pages 650 to 658.   This paper (together with Part II) is the fundamental work upon which SCAMP is based.   View the abstract in Adobe format.

Klaus D. Johnk, Jef Huisman, Jonathan Sharples, Ben Sommeijer, Petra M. Visser, Jasper M. Stroom, Summer Heatwaves Promote Blooms of Harmful Cyanobacteria, Global Change Biology 14: 495-512. View Abstract.

Krocsis, O., Prandke, H, Stips, A., Simon, A., and Wuest, A.(1999).  Comparison of Dissipation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Determined from Shear and Temperature Microstructure.  J. Marine Systems, Vol. 21, pages 67-84.  This paper presents an excellent comparison of the Batchelor temperature microstructure method with the velocity shear microstructure method for determining turbulent dissipation. Abstract

Luketina, David A. and Imberger, Jorg (1998).    Determining Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation from Batchelor Curve Fitting.  Submitted to the J.. Atm. and Oceanic Tech.   This paper presents a method for fitting temperature gradient spectra to the Batchelor form. View the abstract or the complete paper in Adobe format.

M.A. McManus, A.L. Alldredge, A.H. Barnard, E. Boss, J.F. Case, T.J. Cowels, P.L. Donaghey, L.B. Eisner, D.J. Gifford, C.F. Greenlaw, C.M. Herren, D.V. Holliday, D. Johnson, S. MacIntyre, D.M. McGehee, T.R. Osborn, M.J. Perry, R.E. Pieper, J.E.B. Rines, D.C. Smith, J.M. Sullivan, M.K. Talbot, M.S. Twardowski, A. Weidemann, J.R. Zaneveld. 2003. Characteristics, distribution and persistence of thin layers over a 48 hour period. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 261: 1-19. Download publication from Sally MacIntyre's web site.

MacIntyre, S., Jellison, R., Nutrient fluxes from upwelling and enhanced turbulence at the top of the pycnocline in Mono Lake, California, Hydrobiologia, 466: 13-29, 2001. Download publication from Sally MacIntyre's web site.

MacIntyre, Sally (1998).   Turbulent Mixing and Resource Supply to Phytoplankton.  Physical Processes in Lakes and Oceans Coastal and Estuarine Studies Volume 54, pages 561-590.  This paper presents an example SCAMP use. View the abstract in Adobe format.

MacIntyre, Sally; Sickman, James; Goldthwait, Sarah; Kling, George. Physical Pathways of Nutrient Supply in a Small, Ultraoligotrophic Arctic Lake During Summer Stratification. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 51(2).1107-1124: 2006. Abstract. Download publication from Sally MacIntyre's web site.

MacIntyre, Sally, Flynn, Kevin M., Jellison, Robert, and Romero, Jose R. (1999).   Boundary mixing and nutrient fluxes in Mono Lake, California.  Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 44, #3, pages   512 to 529.  This paper presents an example SCAMP use.  View the map of Mono Lake and the complete paper in Adobe format on Sally MacIntyre's web site.

Moacyr Araujo, David Lheritier, Marcus André Silva, Marco César Luna, and Carmen Medeiros, Tidal Turbulence and Eddy-Viscosity in Coastal Waters at NE-Brazil. Journal of Coastal Research, 2118-27, 2005 Abstract

Nash, Jonathan, and Moum, James (2002). Microstructure Estimates of Turbulent Salinity Flux and Dissipation Spectrum of Salinity. Journal of Physical Oceanography. Vol. 32, Issue 8, pages 2312-2333. View the Abstract.

Nash, Jonathan, and Moum, James (1997).   Estimating Salinity Variance Dissipation Rate from Conductivity Microstructure Measurements.  J. Atm and Oceanic Tech. Vol. 16,  #2, pages 263-274.  This paper presents data analysis based on the Fast C sensor mounted on another instrument. Abstract

Piera, Jaume (2005). Non-local turbulent mixing parameterization derived from microstructure signal processing: Potential application to small scale biological-physical data analysis. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. In the article they propose a different method to characterize turbulent transport based on non-local models. The method obtains the coefficients of the transilient matrix from the analysis of Thorpe displacements. Abstract

Piera, J., Roget, E., Catalan, J., 2002. Turbulent patch identification in microstructure profiles: A method based on wavelet Denoising and Thorpe displacement analysis. J.  Atmos. Ocean. Tech. 19 (9),  1390-1402. Abstract

Plew, DR; RH Spigel, CL Stevens, RI Nokes, and MJ Davidson (2006), Stratified flow interactions with a suspended canopy. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 6: 519-539. View Abstract.

Rehmann, C., J. H. Hwang, Small-Scale Structure of Strongly Stratified Turbulence, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 151 - 164, 2005.

Ruddick, Barry, Anis, Ayal, and Thompson, Keith (1999).    Maximum Likelihood Spectral Fitting: the Batchelor Spectrum.   This paper presents a method for fitting temperature gradient spectra to the Batchelor form.  Submitted to J. Atm and Oceanic Tech.  View the abstract  or the complete paper in Adobe format.

Sharples, Jonathan, C. Mark Moore, Edward R. Abraham (15-Jul-2001).  Internal tide dissipation, mixing and vertical nitrate flux at the shelf edge of NE New Zealand.  Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 106, No. C7, pages 14,069 - 14,081. View the abstract in Adobe format.

Sharples, J., M. Coates, J. Sherwood, Quantifying turbulent mixing and oxygen fluxes in a Mediterranean-type, microtidal estuary, Ocean Dynamics, (53) 126 - 136, 2003. View the abstract in Adobe format.

Sharples, J., Tidal-Cycle Surveys, 2002. Boat-based work will be carried out over single tidal cycles at neap and spring tides during each of the mooring deployments. For more information view his web site.

Steinbuck, J.V., M.T. Stacey, M. A. McManus, O.M. Cheriton, and J.P. Ryan, 2009: Turbulence observations in a phytoplankton thin layer: Implications for formation, maintenance, and breakdown. Limnology and Oceanography, 54, 1353-1368.

Steinbuck, J.V., M.T. Stacey, and S.G. Monismith, 2009: An Evaluation of χT Estimation Techniques: Implications for Batchelor Fitting and Ε. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 16521662. View Abstract.

Soga, L.C.M. and Rehmann, C.R, 2004. Dissipation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy near a Bubble Plume. J. Hydraul. Eng., 130, 441-449. 

Stevens, Craig. Graphic Poster. AGU Ocean Sciences, Hawaii. NIWA in Kilbirnie, New Zealand. SCAMP was one of the instruments used to collect the data.

Stevens, C.L., T.S.R. Fisher and G.A. Lawrence. Turbulent layering beneath the pycnocline in a strongly stratified pit-lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 2005, 50: 197-206. Abstract.

Stevens, C., E. Abraham, M. Moore, P. Boyd and J. Sharples. Observations of small scale processes associated with the internal tide encountering an island. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35, 1553-1567, 2005. Abstract.

Stevens, Craig, Murray Smith, Alex Ross (1999).  SCAMP: measuring turbulence in estuaries, lakes, and coastal waters. NIWA - Water and Atmosphere, Vol. 7, #2, pages 20-21. View the complete article in Adobe format.

Stevens, C. L., Hill, P., Smith, M.J., Popinet, S., 2005. SUCA: An engine for repetitive autonomous profiling near the ocean surface. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 3, 300 - 307. Abstract

Stevens, C.L. and M.J. Smith, 2004. Temperature microstructure beneath surface gravity waves. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 21, 1747-1757. Abstract.

Stevens, C. L., Turbulence in an estuarine embayment: Observations from Beatrix Bay, New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C2), 3030, doi:10.1029/2001JC001221, 2003.

Wain, D.J. and Rehmann, C.R. 2005 Eddy diffusivity near bubble plumes, Water Resour. Res., 41, W09409, doi:10.1029/2004WR003896.

Links that Mention SCAMP:

http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/~sally/
http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~dwalsh/
http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca/~taggart/p9858rep.html
http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca/~taggart/p9858rep.html (3rd page)
http://www.cwr.uwa.edu.au/~contract/Current_projects/maracaibo.html
http://www.soes.soton.ac.uk/research/groups/soton_water/Methods.html

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