Ramsey R. Harcourt

Research Interests:

My research interests include Large Eddy Simulation (LES), computational fluid dynamics, deep convection and bottom water formation, wave boundary layers, ice boundary layers, and the response of drifters to convection.

Manuscripts and Publications:

Inoue, R, R R Harcourt and M C Gregg (2009) Mixing rates across the Gulf Stream, Part 2: Implications for non-local parameterization of vertical fluxes in surface boundary layers Submitted to J. Mar. Res.

Inoue, R, M C Gregg and R R Harcourt (2009) Mixing rates across the Gulf Stream, Part 1: On the formation of Eighteen Degree Water Submitted to J. Mar. Res.

Shcherbina, A. Y., M. C. Gregg, M. H. Alford and R. R. Harcourt (2009) Three-dimensional structure and temporal evolution of submesoscale thermohaline intrusions in North Pacific subtropical frontal zone. Submitted to J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Harcourt, R. R. and D'Asaro, E. A. 2009: Measurement of Vertical Kinetic Energy and Vertical Velocity Skewness in Oceanic Boundary Layers by Imperfectly Lagrangian Floats, Submitted to J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.

Shcherbina, A. Y., M. C. Gregg, M. H. Alford and R. R. Harcourt (2009) Observations of thermohaline intrusions in the North Pacific subtropical frontal zone. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2735–2756.

Harcourt, R. R. and D'Asaro, E. A. 2008: Large Eddy Simulation of Langmuir Turbulence in Pure Wind Seas, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 1542 1562.

Harcourt, R. R., 2005: Thermobaric cabbeling over Maud Rise: Theory and large eddy simulation Progress in Oceanography 67 (1-2): 186-244.

D Asaro, E. A., and R. R. Harcourt (2003) Scaling Kinetic Energy in the Wind Driven-Mixed Layer, Near-Boundary Processes and Their Parameterization: Proceedings of the 13th 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, 157-161.

Harcourt, R. R., E. L. Steffen, E. A. D'Asaro, and R. W. Garwood Jr., 2002: Fully Lagrangian floats in Labrador Sea deep convection: Comparison of numerical and experimental results. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, p.493-510.

Garwood, R. W., Jr., R. R. Harcourt, and P. Lherminier, 2000: Excitation of Internal Waves by Deep Convection. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.

Lherminier, P., R. R. Harcourt, J.-C. Gascard and R. W. Garwood Jr., 2001: Interpretation of mean vertical velocity measured by isobaric floats during deep convective events. Journal of Marine Systems, 29 (1-4), p. 221-237.

Garwood, R. W. Jr., and R. R. Harcourt (1999) Large-Eddy Simulation of Pressure Transport Below the Mixed Layer , Dynamics of Oceanic Internal Gravity Waves, II: Proceedings of the 11th 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, 189-196.

Harcourt, R. R., 1999: Numerical simulation of deep convection and the response of drifters in the Labrador Sea. PhD thesis, University of California at Santa Cruz, California, USA, 367 pp.

R. W. Garwood, Jr., R. R. Harcourt, and R. E. Stone, 1998: Simulation of drifters in a turbulent ocean. Naval Research Reviews, Two/1998, vol. L, p. 8-12.

Harcourt, R. R., L. Jiang, and R. W. Garwood Jr., 1997: Numerical simulation of drifter response to Labrador Sea convection. Technical report NPS-OC-98-001, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, DTIC no. ADA338045, 70pp.

Other Links:

Applied Physics Laboratory

School of Oceanography

University of Washington