Sonya Legg

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Sonya Legg is affiliated with the following schools: Princeton University, University of Southampton

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#231

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#256

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Sonya Legg's Degrees

PhD Physical Oceanography University of Southampton
Masters Physical Oceanography University of Southampton
Bachelors Physics University of Southampton

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According to Wikipedia, Sonya Legg is a British oceanographer who is an Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System at Princeton University. She studies the physical and dynamical processes of ocean circulation. Legg is involved with various initiatives to improve the representation of women in geoscience. She was Chair of the Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention and is the co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group that directs the work of CLIVAR.

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Sonya Legg's Published Works

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Published Works

The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea (2015) (387)
The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment (1998) (237)
Rapidly rotating turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection (1996) (222)
Internal Wave Breaking at Concave and Convex Continental Slopes (2003) (175)
Comparison of entrainment in overflows simulated by z-coordinate, isopycnal and non-hydrostatic models☆ (2006) (171)
Improving Oceanic Overflow Representation in Climate Models: The Gravity Current Entrainment Climate Process Team (2009) (171)
Climate Process Team on Internal Wave-Driven Ocean Mixing. (2017) (170)
The GFDL Global Ocean and Sea Ice Model OM4.0: Model Description and Simulation Features (2019) (150)
Internal Hydraulic Jumps and Overturning Generated by Tidal Flow over a Tall Steep Ridge (2008) (136)
Sensitivity of the Ocean State to the Vertical Distribution of Internal-Tide-Driven Mixing (2013) (123)
A heton model of the spreading phase of open-ocean deep convection (1993) (121)
Preliminary simulations of internal waves and mixing generated by finite amplitude tidal flow over isolated topography (2006) (116)
Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models (2019) (107)
Double-Ridge Internal Tide Interference and Its Effect on Dissipation in Luzon Strait (2012) (99)
Localization of Deep Ocean Convection by a Mesoscale Eddy (1998) (92)
A Mechanism for Local Dissipation of Internal Tides Generated at Rough Topography (2011) (91)
Three-Dimensional Double-Ridge Internal Tide Resonance in Luzon Strait (2014) (82)
A Simple Parameterization of Turbulent Tidal Mixing near Supercritical Topography (2010) (77)
A Parameterization of Shear-Driven Turbulence for Ocean Climate Models (2008) (77)
Climatic Impacts of Parameterized Local and Remote Tidal Mixing (2016) (74)
Internal Tides Generated on a Corrugated Continental Slope. Part II: Along-Slope Barotropic Forcing* (2004) (72)
A simple mixing scheme for models that resolve breaking internal waves (2010) (67)
High-mode stationary waves in stratified flow over large obstacles (2010) (60)
Regional simulations of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow in a level model (2007) (57)
A Heton Perspective of Baroclinic Eddy Transfer in Localized Open Ocean Convection (1996) (53)
Sensitivity of the Ocean State to Lee Wave–Driven Mixing (2014) (48)
Internal waves, baroclinic energy fluxes and mixing at the European shelf edge (2008) (48)
Plumes in rotating convection. Part 1. Ensemble statistics and dynamical balances (1999) (47)
Scattering of Low-Mode Internal Waves at Finite Isolated Topography (2014) (46)
Rapid mixing and exchange of deep-ocean waters in an abyssal boundary current (2019) (45)
Penetrative convection in rapidly rotating flows: preliminary results from numerical simulation (1996) (43)
Parameterizing Surface and Internal Tide Scattering and Breaking on Supercritical Topography: The One- and Two-Ridge Cases (2013) (35)
Convective Modifications of a Geostrophic Eddy Field (2001) (32)
The influence of the ambient flow on the spreading of convected water masses (1998) (29)
Energy Flux into Internal Lee Waves: Sensitivity to Future Climate Changes Using Linear Theory and a Climate Model (2015) (28)
Representations of the Nordic Seas overflows and their large scale climate impact in coupled models (2015) (28)
The Direct Breaking of Internal Waves at Steep Topography (2012) (27)
Tidal influence on particulate organic carbon export fluxes around a tall seamount (2016) (23)
Mixing by Oceanic Lee Waves (2021) (21)
Temperature and salinity variability in heterogeneous oceanic convection (2000) (19)
Eddy-Resolving Modeling of Overflows (2013) (18)
Dynamics of a dense gravity current flowing over a corrugation (2011) (17)
Sampling Physical Ocean Fields in WCRP CMIP5 Simulations (2009) (15)
The Effect of Arctic Freshwater Pathways on North Atlantic Convection and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (2018) (15)
Modeled radar surface signature of deep ocean convection (1999) (13)
Symmetric and Baroclinic Instability in Dense Shelf Overflows (2019) (12)
Buoyancy-Driven Flows: Overflows and convectively driven flows (2012) (12)
Vertical transport by convection plumes: modification by rotation (2001) (10)
Internal Wave Scattering in Continental Slope Canyons, Part 1: Theory and Development of a Ray Tracing Algorithm (2017) (10)
A framework for parameterization of heterogeneous ocean convection (2014) (10)
Corrigendum: The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea (2015) (8)
Mixing and Transformation in a Deep Western Boundary Current: A Case Study (2021) (8)
Internal wave scattering in continental slope canyons, Part 2: A comparison of ray tracing and numerical simulations (2017) (7)
The Impact of Topographic Steepness on Tidal Dissipation at Bumpy Topography (2017) (6)
The Impact of MPOWIR: A Decade of Investing in Mentoring Women in Physical Oceanography (2014) (5)
NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE A Simple Criterion to Determine the Transition from a Localized Convection to a Distributed Convection Regime (2004) (4)
Sampling Characteristics from Isobaric Floats in a Convective Eddy Field (2002) (4)
CLIMATE RESEARCH: Best Practices For Process Studies (2009) (4)
Parameterization of Submesoscale Symmetric Instability in Dense Flows Along Topography (2020) (4)
Data and Software Sharing Guidance for Authors Submitting to AGU Journals (2021) (4)
On the magnitude of canyon‐induced mixing (2021) (3)
Changing the Culture of Coastal, Ocean, and Marine Sciences: Strategies for Individual and Collective Actions (2021) (3)
Meeting Mentoring Needs in Physical Oceanography: An Evaluation of the Impact of MPOWIR (2018) (3)
The Effect of Rotation on Convective Overshoot (1997) (2)
Internal Wave Breaking at Variable Topographic Slopes (1)
A process study of tidal mixing over rough topography (2016) (1)
Gender Equity in Oceanography. (2022) (1)
Internal wave breaking at concave and convex slopes (2003) (1)
Mesoscale Variability in the Labrador Sea (1998) (1)
Mentoring Groups: A Non-Exit Strategy for Women in Physical Oceanography (2011) (1)
Translating Process Understanding to Improve Climate Models (2016) (1)
Internal Wave Scattering in Idealized and Realistic Continental Slope Canyons (2016) (0)
Impacts of Spatial Distribution of Parameterized Local and Remote Tidal Mixing on Large-scale Ocean Circulation and Climate. (2016) (0)
Climatic impacts of parameterized internal-wave driven mixing (2016) (0)
Mixing in the Orkney Passage Overflow (2018) (0)
Deep Convection in the Ocean (1997) (0)
Topographic control of mixing in a dense boundary current in the Orkney Passage (2020) (0)
Sensitivity of the Ocean State to Internal Lee Wave Driven Mixing (2012) (0)
Mesoscale Variability in the Labrador Sea PI : (2010) (0)
MPOWIR: Evaluation of Impacts and Best Practices after a Decade of Mentoring Women in Physical Oceanography (2018) (0)
Maintaining Momentum in Climate Model Development (2017) (0)
Internal Tide Breaking at Topography (2016) (0)
The GFDL 5-10 Year Strategic Science Plan June 21 , 2011 (2014) (0)
Internal Wave Scattering in Continental Slope Canyons: A Parameter Space Study (2016) (0)
Numerical Investigation of Nonlinear Internal Wave Generation and Breaking in Straits (2011) (0)
RBR2020 Cohort Mentor Panel - SciComm & Group Mentoring (2020) (0)
12.820 / 12.822 Turbulence in Geophysical Systems, Spring 2003 (2003) (0)
Meeting Mentoring Needs in Physical Oceanography : 1 An Evaluation of the Impact of MPOWIR 2 3 4 (2019) (0)
The in uence of the ambient ow on the spreading of convected water masses by (2013) (0)
Calculating Global Dissipation of Internal Tides in Submarine Canyons (2021) (0)
Changing the Culture: Preparing a Diverse and Inclusive Ocean Sciences Workforce III Posters (2020) (0)
A new for parameterization of heterogeneous ocean convection (2015) (0)
Quantifying the impact of submesoscale dynamics on the evolution of Arctic freshwater fronts (2021) (0)
The Effects of Rotation on the Global Dynamics of Turbulent Convection (1997) (0)
Mixing by Tidal Interaction With Sloping Boundaries (2002) (0)
We revisit the challenges and prospects for ocean circulation models following (2018) (0)
Tidal Mixing over Rough Topography: Sensitivity to Topographic Length Scale and Steepness (2016) (0)
Tidal Mixing at the Shelf Break (2003) (0)

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