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SCAMP Library

THERMISTOR RESPONSE

Fozdar, F.M.., Parker, G.J. and Imberger, J.,  Matching Temperature and Conductivity Sensor Response Characteristics.  J. Physical Oceanography, Vol 15, pps 1557-1569 (1985)

Gregg, M.C. and Meagher, T.B.  The Dynamic Response of Glass Rod Thermistors. J Geophysical Research, Vol 85, No C5, pp 2779-2786 (1980)


SEGMENTATION

Atal, B.S. and Hanauer, S.L.  Speech Analysis and Synthesis by Linear Prediction of the Speech Wave.  J Acoustical Society of America, Vol 50, No 2, Part 2, pp 637-655

de Souza, P.V., Statistical Tests and Distance Measures for LPC Coefficients.   IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Vol ASSP-25, No. 6, pp 554-558 (1977)

deSouza, P.V. and Thomson, P.J., LPC Distance Measures and Statistical Tests with Particular Reference to the Likelihood Ratio.  IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Vol ASSP-30, No. 2, pp 304-315 (1982)

 

BATCHELOR SPECTRA

Caldwell, D.R., Dillon, T.M., Brubaker, J.M., Newberger, P.A. and Paulson, C.A., The Scaling of Vertical Temperature Gradient Spectra.  J. Geophysical Research, Vol 85, No. C4, pp 1917-1924 (1980)

Dillon, T.M. and Caldwell, D.R., The Batchelor Spectrum and Dissipation in the Upper Ocean.  J. Geophysical Research, Vol 85, No. C4, pp 1910-1916 (1980)

Dillon, T.M., Vertical Overturns: A Comparison of Thorpe and Ozmidov Length Scales, J. Geophysical Research, Vol 87, No. C12, pp 9601-9613 (1982)

 

BATCHELOR FITTING TECHNIQUE

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, Volume 21, Pages 67-84. 

Luketina, David A. and Imberger, J.,    Determining Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation from Batchelor Curve Fitting.  Submitted to the J.. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (1998)

Ruddick, Barry, Anis, Ayal, and Thompson, Keith .    Maximum Likelihood Spectral Fitting: the Batchelor Spectrum.   Submitted to J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. (1999)

SCAMP MEASUREMENTS

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

Boashash, B. and Imberger, J., Application of the Wigner-Wille Distribution to Temperature Gradient Microstructure: A New Technique to Study Small-Scale Variations, J. Physical Oceanography, Vol 16, pp 1997-2012 (1986)

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

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   Abstract

Etemad-Shahidi, A.  and J. Imberger, Anatomy of Turbulence in Thermally Stratified Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, 1998.  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.

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

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

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

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

Luketina, D. and J. Imberger, Determining Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation from Batchelor Curve Fitting ,   Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 1998.  This paper presents a method for fitting temperature gradient spectra to the Batchelor form. View the abstract in Adobe format.

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

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

MacIntyre, S., K. Flynn, R.  Jellison, and J. Romero, Boundary mixing and nutrient fluxes in Mono Lake, California,  Limnology and Oceanography,  44 (3), 512 - 529, 1999.  This paper presents an example SCAMP use.  View the map of Mono Lake on Sally MacIntyre's web site.

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

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

Ruddick, B., A. Anis, and K. Thompson, Maximum Likelihood Spectral Fitting: The Batchelor Spectrum, J. Atmos and Oceanic Tech., 17 (11), 1541 - 1555, 2000.  This paper presents a method for fitting temperature gradient spectra to the Batchelor form. View the abstract or the submitted draft 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.

Sharples J.,  M. Moore, and E. Abraham, Internal tide dissipation, mixing and vertical nitrate flux at the shelf edge of NE New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (C7), 14,069 - 14,081, 2001. View the abstract in Adobe format.

Sharples J., J. Waniek, and C.  Ribeiro, Quantifying The Variability Of Vertical Turbulent Mixing And Its Role In Controlling Stability And Mass Transport In A Partially-Mixed Estuary, 2001.

Smith, M., C.  Stevens, J. McGregor and C. Lemckert, Physical Processes at the Air-Sea Interface During an Impulsively Initiated Wind Event, 2002.  Poster Session at AGU Ocean Sciences in Hawaii. The poster explains the NEar- Surface Turbulence EXperiment (NESTEX) conducted in Wellington Harbour during the passage of a southerly front. Equipment deployed included acoustic Doppler velocimeters (ADV), a temperature microstructure profiler (SCAMP) and a microwave radar. View the graphic poster.

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

Stevens, C., M. Smith, and A. Ross, SCAMP: measuring turbulence in estuaries, lakes, and coastal waters,   NIWA - Water and Atmosphere, 7 (2), 20-21, 1999.

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