Alexander Andriatis
I'm a PhD student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography working on observing ocean turbulence using novel instrumentation.
I am also a passionate decarbonization advocate and enjoy thinking about solutions for the clean energy transition.
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Langmuir Turbulence
Langmuir turbulence is a leading-order driver of mixing in the ocean surface boundary layer. We observe the onset and evolution of Langmuir Circulations using novel ovservational techniques. In comparing their structure to high-resolution numerical models, we identify strategies for improving the modeling of turbulent processes. Better parametrizations of Langmuir turbulence can serve to increase the accuracy of large ocean and climate models.
Publications
Andriatis, A., L. Lenain, M. H. Alford, N. Winstead, and J. Geiman, 2024: Observations and Numerical Simulations of the Onset and Growth of Langmuir Circulations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 54, 1737–1763, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-24-0004.1.