Eric Kunze’s past research includes:
- Turbulence production and parameterization by shear instability (Kunze et al. 1990a,b JGR; Sun et al. 1996 JPO);
- Salt-fingering fluxes and interactions with shear (Kunze et al. 1987 DSR; Kunze 1987, 1990, 1994 JMR, 1995 AGU; 2003 PO; Inoue et al. 2008 JMR);
- Turbulence production and parameterization by shear instability (Kunze et al. 1990a,b JGR; Sun et al. 1996 JPO);
- Distinguishing smallscale fluctuations associated with potential-vorticity carrying finestructure (vertical mode) from internal gravity waves (Kunze et al. 1990 JGR; Kunze and Sanford 1993; Kunze 1993; Polzin et al. 1993 JPO);
- Equatorial deep jets (Muench et al. 1994; Muench and Kunze 1999, 2000; Johnson et al. 2002 JPO);
- Turbulence production via the cascade of internal waves to small vertical lengthscales and breaking (Gregg and Kunze 1991 JGR; Kunze et al. 1992; Kunze and Sanford 1996; Sun and Kunze 1999a,b; Kunze et al. 2002; Kunze et al. 2006 JPO);
- Elevation of turbulence and internal waves near rough topography (Kunze and Llewellyn Smith 2004 Oceanography) including (i) seamounts (Kunze et al. 1992 JPO; Toole et al. 1997 JGR; Kunze and Toole 1997 JPO), (ii) canyons (Kunze et al. 2002 JPO), (iii) ridges (Althaus et al. 2003 JPO; Rudnick et al. 2003 Science; Lee et al. 2006; Nash et al. 2006; Klymak et al. 2006; Kunze et al. 2006 JPO), and (iv) continental slopes (McPhee-Shaw and Kunze 2002 JGR; Nash et al. 2004 JPO; Nash et al. 2007 GRL);
- Internal tide generation (Althaus et al. 2003 JPO; Rudnick et al. 2003 Science; Lee et al. 2006; Nash et al. 2006 JPO; Garrett and Kunze 2007 Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech.);
- Quantification of internal wave energy-fluxes (Kunze et al. 2002; Althaus et al. 2003 JPO; Rudnick et al. 2003 Science; Lee et al. 2006; Nash et al. 2006; Nash et al. 2004 JPO; Nash et al. 2005 JTech; Nash et al. 2007; Martini et al. 2007 GRL).
Journal Index: JPO (Journal of Physical Oceanography), JGR (Journal of Geohpysical Research), DSR (Deep-Sea Research), JMR (Journal of Marine Research), GRL (Geophysical Research Letters), JTech (Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology), Ann Rev. Fluid Mech. (Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics), PO (Progress in Oceanography).
Kunze, E., J.F. Dower, I. Beveridge, R. Dewey and K.P. Bartlett, 2006: Observations of Biologically-Generated Turbulence in a Coastal Inlet. Science, 313, 1768-1770.
