Waterhouse, A. F., J. A. MacKinnon, J. D. Nash, M. H. Alford, E. Kunze, H. L. Simmons, K. L. Polzin, L. St. Laurent, O. M. Sun, R. Pinkel, L. D. Talley, C. B. Whalen, T. N. Huussen, G. S. Carter, I. Fer, S. Waterman, A. C. Naveira Garabato, T. B. Sanford, and C. M. Lee, 2014. Global patterns of diapycnal mixing from measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 44, pp. 1854-1872.

 

Sheen, K. L., A. C. Naveira Garabato, J. A. Brearley, M. P. Meredith, K. L. Polzin, D. A. Smeed, A. Forryan, B. A. King, J. B. Sallée, L. St. Laurent, A. M. Thurnherr, J. M. Toole, S. N. Waterman, and A. J. Watson, 2014.  Eddy-induced variability in southern Ocean abyssal mixing on climatic timescales.  Nature Geoscience, Vol. 7, pp. 577-582.

 

Sun, O. M., S. R. Jayne, K. L. Polzin, B. A. Rahter and L. St. Laurent, 2013.  Scaling turbulent dissipation in the transition layer.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 43,  pp. 2475-2489.

 

Sheen, K. L., J. A. Brealey, A. C. Naveira Garabato, D. A. Smeed, S. Waterman, J. R. Ledwell, M.P. Meredith, L. St. Laurent, A. M. Thurnherr, J. M. Toole, and A. J. Watson, 2013.  Rates and mechanisms of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the Southern Ocean: Results from the diapycnal and isopycnal mixing experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Vol. 118, pp. 2774-2792.

 

Waterhouse, A., J. A. Mackinnon, J. D. Nash, M. H. Alford, E. Kunze, H. L. Simmons, K. L. Polzin, L. St. Laurent, O. Sun, R. Pinkel, L. D. Talley, C. B. Whalen, T. N. Huussen, G. S. Carter, I. Fer, S. Waterman, A. Naveira-Garabato, A. M. Thurnherr, T. Stanford, and C. Lee, 2013.  Global patterns of diapycnal mixing from measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 44, pp. 1854-1872.

 

Sun, O. M. T., S. R. Jayne, K. L. Polzin, B. A. Rahter, and L. St. Laurent, 2013. Parameterizing turbulent mixing in the transition layer. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted.

 

Mackinnon, J., L. St. Laurent, and A. Naveira Garabato, 2012.  Dianeutral transport processes in the ocean interior. In Ocean Circulation and Climate, 2nd Edition, G. Siedler, and J. Church, editors, International Geophysics Series, Academic Press.

 

St. Laurent, L., A. Naveira Garabato, J. R. Ledwell, A. M. Thurnherr, and J. M. Toole, 2012.  Turbulence and diapycnal mixing in Drake Passage.  Journal of Physical Oceanography. Vol. 42, pp. 2143-2152.

 

St. Laurent, L., M. Alford, and T. Paluszkiewicz, 2012.  An Introduction to the special issue on internal waves. Oceanography, Vol. 25, pp. 15-19.

 

Thurnherr, A., and L. St. Laurent, 2012.  Turbulence observations in a 
buoyant hydrothermal plume on the East Pacific Rise. Oceanography, Vol. 25, pp. 180-181.

 

Fu, K., Y. Wang, L. St. Laurent, H. Simmons, and D. Wang, 2012.  Shoaling of large-amplitude nonlinear internal waves over a steep slope in the Dongsha Atoll in the northern South China Sea.  Journal of Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 37, pp. 1-7.

 

St. Laurent, L., H. Simmons, T. Y. Tang, and Y. Wang, 2011.  Turbulent properties of internal waves in the South China Sea. Oceanography, Vol. 24, pp. 78-87.

 

Thurnherr, A. M., and L. St. Laurent, 2011.  Turbulence and diapycnal mixing over the East Pacific Rise crest near 10°N. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, L15613.

 

Hazen E. L., D. P. Nowacek, L. St. Laurent, P. N. Halpin, D. J. Moretti, 2011.  The relationship among oceanography, prey fields, and beaked whale foraging habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean.  PLOS ONE, Vol. 6, e19269.

 

Ledwell, J. R., L. St. Laurent, J. B. Girton, and J. M. Toole, 2011.  Diapycnal mixing in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 41, pp. 241-246.

 

Thurnherr, A., G. Reverdin, P. Bourouet-Aubertot, L. St. Laurent, A. Vangriesheim, and V. Ballu, 2008.  Hydrography and flow in the Lucky Strike segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Marine Research, Vol. 66, pp. 347-372.

 

Inoue, R., E. Kunze, L. St. Laurent, R. W. Schmitt and J. M. Toole, 2008.  Evaluating linear salt-fingering theories.  Journal of Marine Research, Vol. 66, pp. 413-440.

 

St. Laurent, L., 2008.  Turbulent dissipation on the margins of the South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L23615.

 

St. Laurent, L., and A. M. Thurnherr, 2007.  Intense mixing of lower thermocline water on the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature, Vol. 448, pp. 680-683.

 

St. Laurent, L., and H. Simmons, 2006.  Estimates of power consumed by mixing in the ocean interior. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, pp. 4877-4890.

 

Dewar, W. K, R. J. Bingham, R. L. Iverson, D. P. Nowacek, L. St. Laurent, and P. H. Wiebe, 2006.  Does the marine biosphere mix the ocean?  Journal of Marine Research, Vol. 64, pp. 541-561.

 

Thurnherr, A. M., L. St. Laurent, K. G. Speer, J. M. Toole, and J. R. Ledwell, 2005.  Mixing associated with sills in a canyon on the Mid-Ocean Ridge Flank.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 35, pp. 1370-1381.

 

St. Laurent, L. and J. Nash, 2004.  An examination of the radiative and dissipative properties of the internal tides.  Deep-Sea Research II, Vol. 51, pp. 3029-3042.

 

Van Haren, H., L. St. Laurent, and D. Marshall, 2004.  Small and mesoscale processes and their impact on the large scale: an introduction.  Deep-Sea Research II, Vol. 51, pp. 2883-2888.

 

Simmons, H. L., S. R. Jayne, L. St. Laurent, and A. Weaver, 2004.  Tidally driven mixing in a numerical model of the ocean general circulation.  Ocean Modelling, Vol. 6, pp. 245-263.

 

St. Laurent, L., S. Stringer, C. Garrett, and D. Perrault-Joncas, 2003.  The generation of internal tides at abrupt topography. Deep-Sea Research I, Vol. 50, pp. 987-1003.

 

St. Laurent, L., H. L. Simmons, and S. R. Jayne, 2002.  Estimating tidally driven mixing in the deep ocean.  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, pp. 2106-2110.

 

St. Laurent, L., and C. Garrett, 2002.  The role of internal tides in mixing the deep Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 32, pp. 2882-2899.

 

Garrett, C., and L. St. Laurent, 2002.  Aspects of deep ocean mixing.  Journal of the Oceanographic Society of Japan, Vol. 58, pp. 11-24.

 

St. Laurent, L., J. M. Toole, and R. W. Schmitt, 2001.  Buoyancy forcing by turbulence above rough topography in the abyssal Brazil Basin.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 31, pp. 3476-3495.

 

Morris, M., M. Hall, L. St. Laurent, and N. Hogg, 2001.  Abyssal mixing in the Deep Brazil Basin.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 31, pp. 3331-3348.

 

Jayne, S. R., and L. St. Laurent, 2001.  Parameterizing tidal dissipation over rough topography.  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, pp. 811-814.

 

Ledwell, J. R., E. T. Montgomery, K. L. Polzin, L. St. Laurent, R. W. Schmitt, and J. M. Toole, 2000.  Evidence for enhanced mixing over rough topography in the Abyssal Ocean. Nature, Vol. 403, pp. 179-182.

 

St. Laurent, L., and R. W. Schmitt, 1999.  The contribution of salt fingers to vertical mixing in the North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 29, pp. 1404-1424.

 

Additional Publications

Gille, S.T., J. Ledwell, A. Naveira Garabato, K. Speer, D. Balwada, A. Brearley, J. Girton, A. Griesel, R. Ferrari, A. Klocker, J. LaCasce, P. Lazarevich, N. Mackay, M. Meredith, M. J. Messias, B. Owens, J. B. Sallee, K. Sheen, E. Shuckburgh, D. Smeed, L. St Laurent, J. Toole, A. Watson, N. Wienders, and U.  Zajaczkovski, 2012.  The diapycnal and isopycnal mixing experiment: a first assessment.  CLIVAR Exchanges 58, Vol. 17(1), pp. 46-48

 

Wolk, F., R. G. Lueck, and L. St. Laurent, 2009.  Turbulence measurements from a glider. OCEANS 2009, MTS/IEEE Biloxi – Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, pp. 1-6.

 

Lueck, R., and L. St. Laurent, 2008.  Turbulence in the benthic boundary layer. In Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Elsevier.

 

Jayne, S. R., L. St. Laurent, and S. T. Gille, 2004.  Connections between ocean bottom topography and Earth’s climate. Oceanography, Vol. 17, pp. 65-74.

 

St. Laurent, L., and J. Nash, 2003.  On the fraction of internal tide energy dissipated near topography.  In Proceedings of the ‘Aha Huliko’a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, pp. 45-58.

 

St. Laurent, L., and C. Garrett, 2002.  Energy dissipation by internal ocean tides.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 83, pp. 1457-1458.

 

St. Laurent, L., J. M. Toole, and R. W. Schmitt, 2001.  Mixing and diapycnal advection in the Ocean.  In Proceedings of the ‘Aha Huliko’a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, pp. 175-185.

 

St. Laurent, L., 1999.  Diapycnal advection by double diffusion and turbulence in the ocean. Ph.D. dissertation, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, pp. 139.

 

Toole, J. M., J. R. Ledwell, K. L. Polzin, R. W. Schmitt, E. M. Montgomery, L. St. Laurent, and W. B. Owens, 1997.  The Brazil Basin Tracer Release Experiment.  International WOCE Newsletter, Vol. 28, pp. 25-28.