Double-Diffusion in Oceanography

This is a "live", in-progress document which attempts to review several aspects of double-diffusion in the ocean.


Oceanic Double-diffusion: Introduction - Barry Ruddick (Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS) and Ann E. Gargett (Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA).


Differential Diffusion: an oceanographic primer - Ann Gargett, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA.

The Diffusive Regime of Double-Diffusive Convection - D.E. Kelley (Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS), H.J.S Fernando (Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ), A. E. Gargett (Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA), J. Tanny (Holon Academic Inst. of Technology, Holon, Israel), E. Ozsoy (Inst. of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey).

A Review of Oceanic Salt-Fingering Theory - Eric Kunze, APL, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Observational and Laboratory Insights into Salt Finger Convection, Schmitt Figures - Raymond W. Schmitt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA.

Numerical experiments on salt-finger convection- Jiro Yoshida and Hideki Nagashima, Tokyo University of Fisheries.

Numerical experiments on double-diffusive intrusions in the ocean and their relation to laboratory experiments - Jiro Yoshida and Hideki Nagashima, Tokyo University of Fisheries.

Laboratory Studies of Interleaving - Barry Ruddick, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS.

Oceanic Thermohaline Intrusions: Theory - Barry Ruddick (Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS) and Oliver Kerr (City Univ., London, U.K.).

Oceanic Thermohaline Intrusions: Observations - Barry Ruddick (Dalhousie Univ.) and Kelvin Richards (Southampton Oceanography Centre, U.K.).