Double-diffusive convection is a mixing process driven by the interaction of two fluid
components which diffuse at different rates. Leading expert Timour Radko presents the first …

Double diffusion transforms uniform background gradients of temperature and salinity into
“staircases” of homogeneous mixed layers that are separated by high‐gradient interfaces …

In this paper the authors investigate the action of ambient turbulence on thermohaline
interleaving using both theory and numerical calculations in combination with observations …

Life and Demise of Intrathermocline Mesoscale Vortices in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
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In this work we show that horizontal gradients of temperature and salinity with compensating
effects on density can drive thermohaline intrusion in the fluid layer below. Specifically …

Numerical solution of the linearized equations. The largest (nondimensional) growth rate is
plotted as a function of the Richardson number. The blue curve represents the solution …

An analytical theory is developed which illustrates the dynamics of the spontaneous
generation of thermohaline intrusions in the stratified ocean with density compensated …

The purpose of this paper is to show that molecularly-driven double-diffusive intrusions can
produce significant lateral and vertical double-diffusive mixing even when the initial …

Melvin Stern was a brilliant theoretician who introduced a number of innovative ideas in
oceanography. These include his (a) penetrating introduction of double diffusive …