Christopher Garrett
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Christopher Garrett's Degrees
- Bachelors Marine Biology University of Plymouth
- Masters Oceanography University of Southampton
- PhD Physical Oceanography University of East Anglia
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christopher John Raymond Garrett FRS, FRSC is a British oceanographer, and Lansdowne Professor of Ocean Physics, at University of Victoria. He was a 1981 Guggenheim Fellow. Education He earned a B.A. in 1965, and Ph.D. in 1968 from University of Cambridge.
Christopher Garrett's Published Works
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Published Works
- Space-Time Scales of Internal Waves' A Progress Report (1975) (821)
- Space-Time scales of internal waves (1972) (767)
- Internal Tide Generation in the Deep Ocean (2007) (574)
- The Role of Internal Tides in Mixing the Deep Ocean (2002) (414)
- INTERNAL WAVES IN THE OCEAN (1979) (385)
- The efficiency of a turbine in a tidal channel (2007) (376)
- The power potential of tidal currents in channels (2005) (321)
- Boundary Mixing and Arrested Ekman Layers: Rotating Stratified Flow Near a Sloping Boundary (1993) (276)
- Wave forces on a circular dock (1971) (265)
- Tidal Resonance in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine (1972) (264)
- THE FOURTEENTH 'AHA HULIKO' A HAWAIIAN WINTER WORKSHOP (2005) (221)
- Rogue waves (2012) (208)
- What is the near-inertial band and why is it different from the rest of the internal wave spectrum? (2001) (199)
- Tidal mixing versus thermal stratification in the Bay of Fundy and gulf of Maine (1978) (194)
- Internal Tides and Ocean Mixing (2003) (184)
- Tidal current energy assessment for Johnstone Strait, Vancouver Island (2007) (178)
- The generation of internal tides at abrupt topography (2003) (163)
- The Connection between Bubble Size Spectra and Energy Dissipation Rates in the Upper Ocean (2000) (156)
- A regime diagram for classifying turbulent large eddies in the upper ocean (2005) (154)
- Mixing in the ocean interior (1979) (147)
- Limits to tidal current power (2008) (135)
- Interannual Variability in Mediterranean Heat and Buoyancy Fluxes (1993) (130)
- Spectrally Resolved Energy Dissipation Rate and Momentum Flux of Breaking Waves (2008) (124)
- The Relationship Between Oil Droplet Size and Upper Ocean Turbulence (1998) (122)
- On the initial streakness of a dispersing tracer in two- and three-dimensional turbulence (1983) (121)
- Cell merging and the jet/downwelling ratio in Langmuir circulation (1993) (119)
- Heat flux parameterizations for the Mediterranean sea : the role of atmospheric aerosols and constraints from the water budget (1994) (115)
- Oceanic mixing by breaking internal waves (1972) (114)
- Generating Power from Tidal Currents (2004) (106)
- The probability distribution of the Thorpe displacement within overturns in Juan de Fuca Strait (2001) (102)
- Mixed Layer Restratification Due to a Horizontal Density Gradient (1994) (102)
- The 18.6‐year cycle of sea surface temperature in shallow seas due to variations in tidal mixing (1978) (99)
- A simple criterion for gyre formation by the surface outflow from a strait, with application to the Alboran Sea (1989) (96)
- Role of Langmuir Circulation in the Deepening of the Ocean Surface Mixed Layer (1995) (96)
- The role of secondary circulation in boundary mixing (1990) (96)
- Marginal mixing theories (1991) (93)
- Predicting Changes in Tidal Regime: The Open Boundary Problem (1977) (93)
- On cross-waves (1970) (91)
- Seasonal variability of the surface inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar (1986) (90)
- The extractable power from a channel linking a bay to the open ocean (2008) (90)
- Sea level variability due to meteorological forcing in the northeast Gulf of St. Lawrence (1982) (89)
- The thermohaline structure and evolution of the deep waters in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean (2003) (89)
- Dynamical Aspects of the Flow Through the Strait of Belle Isle (1981) (88)
- Implications for Ocean Mixing of Internal Wave Scattering off Irregular Topography (1989) (88)
- Upwelling Along the Yarmouth Shore of Nova Scotia (1976) (85)
- Mixed Layer Deepening Due to Langmuir Circulation (1997) (81)
- A Simple Model for the Shear-induced Decay of an Internal Solitary Wave (1993) (78)
- Variable Sea Level and Strait Flows in the Mediterranean: A Theoretical Study of the Response to Meteorological Forcing (1982) (76)
- Tides in gulfs (1975) (75)
- Geostrophic Control of Fluctuating Barotropic Flow through Straits (1984) (72)
- A coupled oscillator model of shelf and ocean tides (2010) (70)
- On tidal resonance in the global ocean and the back‐effect of coastal tides upon open‐ocean tides (2009) (69)
- On a Recent Parameterization of Mesoscale Eddies (1996) (68)
- Aspects of Deep Ocean Mixing (2002) (66)
- The Heat and Freshwater Budgets of the Red Sea (1999) (62)
- Is the Exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar Maximal or Submaximal (1990) (62)
- Nonisostatic Response of Sea Level to Atmospheric Pressure in the Eastern Mediterranean (1984) (61)
- The Effects of Nonrectangular Cross Section, Friction, and Barotropic Fluctuations on the Exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar (1989) (59)
- On the resonance and influence of the tides in Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait (2007) (58)
- Is Langmuir Circulation Driven by Surface Waves or Surface Cooling (1995) (57)
- On the Parameterization of Diapycnal Fluxes due to Double-Diffusive Intrusions (1982) (56)
- The Relationship between Water Mass Formation and the Surface Buoyancy Flux, with Application to Phillips’ Red Sea Model (1995) (55)
- Estimates of Vertical Mixing by Internal Waves Reflected off a Sloping Bottom (1988) (50)
- The shallow thermohaline circulation of the Red Sea (1997) (50)
- Oceanography: Mixing with latitude (2003) (49)
- Effects of Noise on Thorpe Scales and Run Lengths (2004) (47)
- The transport of water, heat and salt through the strait of Belle Isle (1988) (46)
- On the Interaction Between Long and Short Surface Waves (1976) (46)
- Nodal Modulation of the Lunar Semidiurnal Tide in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine (1985) (46)
- Geostrophic Adjustment and Restratification of a Mixed Layer with Horizontal Gradients above a Stratified Layer (1995) (44)
- Stratified Tidal Flow over a Bump (2005) (44)
- Western Mediterranean sea‐level rise: Changing exchange flow through the Strait of Gibraltar (2000) (42)
- Meeting Report: From Stirring to Mixing in a Stratified Ocean (2001) (42)
- Tidal Resonance in Juan de Fuca Strait and the Strait of Georgia (2005) (40)
- The Transfer of Energy and Momentum by the Wind to the Surface Mixed Layer (1977) (39)
- Frictional estuarine flow in Juan de Fuca Strait, with implications for secondary circulation (1998) (39)
- Tidal stream power resource assessment for Masset Sound, Haida Gwaii (2008) (37)
- The age of the tide and the “Q” of the oceans (1971) (37)
- On the interaction between internal gravity waves and a shear flow (1968) (35)
- Atmospheric edge waves (1969) (35)
- The role of the Strait of Gibraltar in the evolution of Mediterranean water, properties and circulation (1996) (35)
- Frontal circulation due to cabbeling and double diffusion (1978) (34)
- Processes in the surface mixed layer of the ocean (1996) (33)
- The Effect of Rotation on the Surface Inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar (1989) (33)
- Turbulent dispersion in the ocean (2006) (33)
- Frictional processes in straits (2004) (33)
- Evolution of the Deep Water in the Canadian Basin in the Arctic Ocean (2006) (32)
- Maximum power from a turbine farm in shallow water (2013) (31)
- Comment on ‘Some evidence for boundary mixing in the deep ocean’ by Laurence Armi (1979) (30)
- Changing Sea Levels (2005) (29)
- Normal Modes of the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine (1974) (29)
- Low-Frequency Fluctuations in the Strait of Gibraltar from Medalpex Sea-Level Data (1989) (28)
- A theory of the Krakatoa tide gauge disturbances (1970) (26)
- Tidal Currents and Eddy Statistics From Iceberg Trajectories off Labrador (1985) (26)
- Scalar conservation equations in a turbulent ocean (1992) (26)
- Helical jet in the gravitationally lensed blazar PKS1830-211 (2005) (26)
- Unexpected Waves (2007) (26)
- Topographic Rossby waves off east Australia: Identification and role in shelf circulation (1979) (26)
- The effects on water mass formation of surface mixed layer timedependence and entrainment fluxes (1997) (25)
- On Internal Hydraulics with Entrainment (2002) (23)
- Near-Boundary Processes and Their Parameterization (2003) (23)
- A kinematic analysis of polarized eddy fields using drifter data (1986) (23)
- Reynolds Stresses and Secondary Circulation in a Stratified Rotating Shear Flow (2002) (23)
- On the Body-Force Term in Internal-Tide Generation (2007) (21)
- Statistical prediction of iceberg trajectories (1985) (20)
- An Isopycnal View of Near-Boundary Mixing and Associated Flows (2001) (20)
- Fourier Representation of Quadratic Friction (2007) (19)
- Hydraulic control of homogeneous shear flows (2003) (19)
- Dynamical and statistical explanations of observed occurrence rates of rogue waves (2011) (18)
- BOOK REVIEW • The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters (2011) (17)
- Tides and tidal power in the Bay of Fundy (1984) (17)
- On the turbulent co-spectrum of two scalars and its effect on acoustic scattering from oceanic turbulence (2004) (15)
- An Apparent Surface Buoyancy Flux Associated with the Nonlinearity of the Equation of State (1997) (14)
- Stirring and Mixing: What are the Rate-Controlling Processes? (2001) (14)
- A stirring tale of mixing (1993) (14)
- Sea‐level response at Nain, Labrador, to atmospheric pressure and wind (1985) (13)
- Open boundary conditions for numerical models of shelf sea circulation (1986) (13)
- NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE What Fraction of a Kelvin Wave Incident on a Narrow Strait Is Transmitted (2006) (13)
- On Spindown in the Ocean Interior (1982) (12)
- A mixing length interpretation of fluctuations in passive scalar concentration in homogeneous turbulence (1989) (12)
- The Signature of Inertial and Tidal Currents in Offshore Wave Records (2012) (12)
- Supplement to Extreme Events (2008) (11)
- The Mediterranean Sea as a Climate Test Basin (1994) (10)
- The Effect of Internal Wave Strain on Vertical Spectra of Fine-Structure (1973) (9)
- The Frequency-Dependent Structure and Dynamics of Flow Fluctuations in the Strait of Belle Isle (1987) (9)
- Unexpected waves: Intermediate depth simulations and comparison with observations (2010) (8)
- A Variable-Depth Green's Function for Shelf Edge Tides (1979) (6)
- Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere. Introduction to Wave Dynamics. By JOSEPH PEDLOSKY. Springer 2003. 260 pp. ISBN 3-540-00340-1. $49.95 (hardback) (2004) (5)
- Mediterranean and Global Ocean and Climate Dynamics (1993) (5)
- Coastal Dynamics, Mixing, and Fronts (1983) (4)
- Do Near-Boundary Processes Control the Ocean ? (2003) (3)
- A simple model for pollutant dispersal from a sea-floor source in the presence of bottom and interior scavenging (1987) (3)
- Oceanographic and modelling considerations in marine environmental protection (1992) (3)
- Thirteenth 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop: Near-Boundary Processes and Their Parameterization (2004) (3)
- Dispersion and Mixing in the Ocean (1994) (3)
- Ocean science. Enhanced: internal tides and ocean mixing. (2003) (2)
- Collar pressure mapping: An evaluation of seven collar types used on working donkeys in Europe. (2021) (1)
- In-stream tidal power generation (2009) (1)
- Extreme waves in Canadian coastal waters (2009) (1)
- Large Eddies in the Surface Mixed Layer and Their Effects on Mixing, Dispersion and Biological Cycling (2013) (1)
- Correction [to “‘Space-time scales of internal waves: a progress report’ by Christopher Garrett and Walter Munk”] (1975) (1)
- Ocean Modelling and Parameterization. By E. P. CHASSIGNET & J. VERRON. NATO Science Series C, Vol. 516, Kluwer, 1998. 500 pp. ISBN 0-7923-5228-9. NLG 400, $216, £136. (1999) (1)
- The low probability but increased hazard of a "rogue wave" from an unexpected direction (2013) (0)
- Robert William Stewart. 21 August 1923 — 19 January 2005 (2006) (0)
- Topographic Effects on Ocean Mixing (2002) (0)
- Lecture 6 : Internal tides (0)
- The use of hourly height data in studies of sub-tidal variations in coastal sea-level (1986) (0)
- Characteristics of inertial currents observed in offshore wave records (2012) (0)
- Processes at Sloping Boundaries in the Coastal Ocean (1997) (0)
- Lecture 8 : Tidal Rectification and Stokes Drift (0)
- Lecture 9 : Tidal Rectification , Stratification and Mixing (0)
- The Interaction of Nonlinear Internal Waves with Other Processes (2007) (0)
- A scientific visit to the USSR in 1963 (2022) (0)
- Parameterizing the Effects of Upper-Ocean Large Eddies on Air-Sea Interaction (2002) (0)
- Ocean Mixing and Strait Dynamics (2003) (0)
- Thirteenth ‘ Aha Huliko ’ a Hawaiian Winter Workshop (0)
- Ocean mixing , Internal tides and Tidal power (0)
- Walter Heinrich Munk. 19 October 1917—8 February 2019 (2020) (0)
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