Melvin Stern

Recent Publications

Stern, M.E., and J. Simeonov, 2005. The secondary instability of salt fingers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 533, 361-380.

Stern, M.E., 2004. Transport extremum through Denmark Strait. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(12), L12303 10.1029/2004GL020184. 16 June 2004.

Stern, M.E. and J. Simeonov, 2004. Amplitude equilibration of salt fingers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 508, 265-286.

Simeonov, J., and M.E. Stern, 2004. Double-diffusive intrusions on a finite-width thermohaline front, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1723-1740.

Stern, M.E., 2004. Local "mean field" theory of hydraulically controlled strait flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1692-1701.

Stern, M.E., 2003. Initiation of doubly diffusive convection in a stable halocline. J. Mar. Res., 61, 211-233.

Stern, M.E., and J. Simeonov, 2002. Internal wave overturns produced by salt fingers. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32(12), 3638-3656.

Stern, M.E., 2002. The vertical scale of isopycnal intrusions: Comment on a paper by Ruddick, Phillips and Turner. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 35(3), 295-297.

Stern, M.E., and K. Helfrich, 2002. Propagation of a finite ampltiude potential vorticity front along the wall of a stratified fluid. J. Fluid Mech., 468, 179-204. DOI:10.1017/S002112002001520.

Stern, M.E., T. Radko, and J. Simeonov, 2001. Salt fingers in an unbounded thermocline. J. Mar. Res., 59(3) 355-390.

Stern, M.E., and E.P. Chassignet, 2000. Mechanism of eddy separation from coastal currents. J. Mar. Res., 58(2), 269-295.

M.E. Stern, 2000. Scattering of an eddy advected by a current towards a topographic obstacle. J. Fluid Mechanics, 402, 211-223.

Inaugural article: National Academy of Sciences, Stern, M.E. Separation of a mid-level density current from the bottom of a continental slope. PNAS, Feb 16, 1999; 96, 1206-1211.

Stern, M.E., 1975. Ocean Circulation Physics. International Geographic Series, Academic Press, 246 pp.