Tag: submarine gravity current

Surfing robot captures turbidity current on video

Check out this video of what happens when you get a remotely operated vehicle entrained within a turbidity current. Surfing robot captures turbidity current on video Observations of turbidity currents (underwater sediment laden flows) are exceedingly rare and this video and associated measurements provide unique insight into the structure and concentration of these enigmatic and… Read More Surfing robot captures turbidity current on video

Leigh Marsh

The dynamics of submarine gravity currents

Esther Sumner has two new papers on the dynamics of field-scale submarine gravity currents in the Black Sea. Both studies made use of NERCs state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle Autosub3 to measure the dynamics of the flow. A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters presents the first direct measurements of hydraulic jumps in an active submarine… Read More The dynamics of submarine gravity currents

Esther Sumner