Dr. Louis Goodman (Full CV) 
WELCOME The Marine Turbulence Laboratory is dedicated to understanding the nature of ocean turbulence and its relationship to the mixing of physical, chemical, and biological constituents. Emphasis is on the coastal waters where turbulence often is a critical factor in determining overall water mass circulation through its frictional effects, particularly in the surface and bottom boundary layers. The programs of the Marine Turbulence Laboratory are very diverse and are aimed at both breaking new scientific ground on understanding the fundamental nature of turbulence and its relationship to larger scale flow fields as well as in developing new tools and techniques of measuring turbulence. We also are heavily involved in interdisciplinary programs understanding the role of turbulence in small scale biology.
Spring 2009 Course :
Introduction to Ocean Turbulence Course Page
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Funding and Employment Opportunities
About the Turbulence REMUSResearch Projects:
AUV Turbulence Measurements in the LOCO Field Experiments
MerMADE: Merrimack River Mixing and Divergence Experiment
Recent Manuscripts:
Wang, Z. and L. Goodman, 2009, (in review). The dynamical evolution of thin phytoplankton layers in turbulence. Continental Shelf Research.
Wang, Z. and Goodman, L., 2009, Evolution of the spatial structure of a thin phytoplankton layer into a turbulent field. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 374:57-74 Doi:10.3354/meps07738.
Goodman, L. and Wang, Z, 2009, Turbulence Observations in the Northern Bight of Monterey Bay from a Small AUV, (In Press) Journal Marine Systems. Doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.11.004
Goodman, L., Robinson, A.R.,;On the Theory of the Effects on Biological Dynamics in the Sea, III: The Role of Turbulence in Biological Physical Interactions, Proc Royal Soc., Proceedings A 464 (2091), Mar 08, 2008.
Levine, E.R., Goodman, L., O'Donnell, J.,Turbulence in coastal fronts near the mouth of Long Island Sound,invited J. Mar.Syst., Spec. Iss., Processes in Ocean Fronts, in press (February 2008)
MacDonald, D. G., L. Goodman, and R. D. Hetland (2007), Turbulent dissipation in a near-field river plume: A comparison of control volume and microstructure observations with a numerical model, J. Geophys. Res., 112.
Goodman, L., Levine, E., Lueck, R., (2006) On measuring the terms of the turbulent kinetic energy budget from an AUV, J. Atoms. Ocean. Tech. 23, 977-990.
In
Memoriam
It is with great sadness
that we announce the passing of our friend and colleague Adjunct Professor
Dr. Ed Levine.
 Second generation SMAST turbulence AUV, pictured underway. |
LABORATORY INTERESTS
Our principal investigation is quantification of realistic turbulence regimes through the use of the SMAST Turbulence Remote Environmental Measuring Unit (REMUS). Acquired from Hydroid Inc. and retrofitted with a suite of microstructure and finestructure sensors, this Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is capable of a wide variety of missions.
The suite of sensors integrated within the AUV allow a synoptic map of fine and microstructure quantities to be obtained and can be used to close the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget (On Closing the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget from an AUV, Goodman, Levine, and Lueck, submitted Dec 2004 to Journal of Ocean and Atmospheric Technology) one of the areas of interest for the Turbulence Lab.
Currently the AUV is being used in the Layered Organization in the Costal Ocean (LOCO) Field experiments, funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), to be conducted in Monetary Bay, CA, this summer. This five year, multi-disciplinary effort involves the collaboration of numerous universities and research laboratories from around the country. Its main goal is to understand the properties of densely concentrated, thin layers of planktonic biota that can occur in coastal ocean environments, and the interacting physical, chemical, biological and optical processes responsible for establishment, maintenance and breakdown of layers. (See About the Turbulence REMUS)
Please send your comments to:
Zhankun Wangat zwang@umassd.edu