Turbulence is random fluid motion. Turbulent mixing plays an important role in transporting nutrients to the surface layer which in turn contributes to the growth of plankton. Turbulence transmits heat at the ocean surface contributing to the balance of radiative energy that governs climate (D. R. Caldwell and J.&N. Moum, 1995)

Links:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics Resources Online (Langly Research Center)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
• OPBL Home Page (Modeling and simulation of ocean turbulence and air-sea interaction)
• Turbulence and mixing in the ocean(AGU)

Educational Links:

• Turbulence and Mixing in the Ocean (American Geophysical Union, Douglas R. Caldwell and James N. Moum, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis )
• Waves, Turbulence and Mixing (University of Washington, School of Oceanography)

PMEL Publications on turbulence:

Listed below are direct links to abstracts of PMEL articles relating to salinity beginning 1968 to the present, using PMEL's Publication Information Search Engine:

• turbulence - North Pacific Ocean
• turbulence - Bering Sea
• turbulence - Gulf of Alaska