Ocean turbulence is a rich and fascinating field of study, both for its own sake and in the service of large-scale circulation and climate modeling efforts. Marine Turbulence is a collection of chapters by 53 authors describing results from the Comparative Analysis and Rationalization of Second-Moments Turbulence Models (CARTUM) project. The project was funded by the European Union and took place over three years (1999–2001). Although intended only as a summary of CARTUM, which focused on the practical goal of reconciling closure models with ocean observations, the book provides a remarkably comprehensive overview of the present understanding of ocean turbulence.

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