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Turbulence and mixing estimates using a towed horizontal microstructure profiler.

Posted August 17, 2000 | Categories : 97,Research |

Paul Macoun, former Lester Pearson College Student, then at the Ocean Turbulence Laboratory University of Victoria participated in research on vertical upwelling of the current in Race Passage

Turbulence and mixing estimates using a towed horizontal microstructure profiler.

On board was the Ocean Turbulence Lab's (OTL) Towed Ocean Microstructure Instrument (TOMI). TOMI gives insight into the mixing processes that redistribute heat, salt and energy in the ocean.