60 publications

2021

• Ramon, C. L., Ulloa, H. N., Doda, T., Winters, K. B., & Bouffard, D. (2021). Bathymetry and latitude modify lake warming under ice. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(4), 1813-1825. doi: 10.5194/hess-25-1813-2021

2020

• Jagannathan, A., Winters, K. B., & Armi, L. (2020). The effect of a strong density step on blocked stratified flow over topography. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 889(A23). doi: 10.1017/jfm.2020.87

2019

• Rogers, J. S., Rayson, M. D., Ko, D. S., Winters, K. B., & Fringer, O. B. (2019). A framework for seamless one-way nesting of internal wave-resolving ocean models. Ocean Modelling, 143(101462). doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101462
• Ulloa, H. N., Winters, K. B., Wuest, A., & Bouffard, D. (2019). Differential heating drives downslope flows that accelerate mixed-layer warming in ice-covered waters. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2019gl085258
• Winters, K. B., Ulloa, H. N., Wuest, A., & Bouffard, D. (2019). Energetics of radiatively heated ice-covered lakes. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(15), 8913-8925. doi: 10.1029/2019gl084182
• Jagannathan, A., Winters, K., & Armi, L. (2019). Stratified flows over and around long dynamically tall mountain ridges. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76(5), 1265-1287. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-18-0145.1

2018

• Tort, M., & Winters, K. B. (2018). Poleward propagation of near-inertial waves induced by fluctuating winds over a baroclinically unstable zonal jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 834, 510-530. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.698

2017

• Barkan, R., Winters, K. B., & McWilliams, J. C. (2017). Stimulated imbalance and the enhancement of eddy kinetic energy dissipation by internal waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(1), 181-198. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-16-0117.1
• Jagannathan, A., Winters, K. B., & Armi, L. (2017). Stability of stratified downslope flows with an overlying stagnant isolating layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 810, 392-411. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.683

2016

• Winters, K. B. (2016). The turbulent transition of a supercritical downslope flow: sensitivity to downstream conditions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 792, 997-1012. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.113

2015

• Winters, K. B. (2015). Tidally driven mixing and dissipation in the stratified boundary layer above steep submarine topography. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(17), 7123-7130. doi: 10.1002/2015gl064676
• Ulloa, H. N., Winters, K. B., de la Fuente, A., & Niño, Y. (2015). Degeneration of internal Kelvin waves in a continuous two-layer stratification. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 777, 68-96. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.311
• Winters, K. B. (2015). Tidally-forced flow in a rotating, stratified, shoaling basin. Ocean Modelling, 90, 72-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.04.004
• Barkan, R., Winters, K. B., & Llewellyn Smith, S. G. (2015). Energy cascades and loss of balance in a reentrant channel forced by wind stress and buoyancy fluxes. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(1), 272-293. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-14-0068.1

2014

• Winant, C., Valle-Levinson, A., Ponte, A., Winant, C., Gutierrez-de-Velasco, G., & Winters, K. (2014). Observations on the lateral structure of wind-driven flows in a stratified, semiarid bay of the Gulf of California. Estuaries and Coasts, 37(6), 1319-1328. doi: 10.1007/s12237-013-9641-0
• Winters, K. B., & Armi, L. (2014). Topographic control of stratified flows: upstream jets, blocking and isolating layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 753, 80-103. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2014.363

2013

• Pham, H. T., Sarkar, S., & Winters, K. B. (2013). Large-eddy simulation of deep-cycle turbulence in an equatorial undercurrent model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(11), 2490-2502. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-13-016.1
• Winters, K. B., & Armi, L. (2013). The response of a continuously stratified fluid to an oscillating flow past an obstacle. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 727, 83-118. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.247
• Barkan, R., Winters, K. B., & Llewellyn Smith, S. G. (2013). Rotating horizontal convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 723, 556-586. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.136
• Winters, K. B., & Barkan, R. (2013). Available potential energy density for Boussinesq fluid flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 714, 476-488. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.493

2012

• Pham, H. T., Sarkar, S., & Winters, K. B. (2012). Near-N oscillations and deep-cycle turbulence in an upper-equatorial undercurrent model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(12), 2169-2184. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-11-0233.1
• Winters, K. B., & Armi, L. (2012). Hydraulic control of continuously stratified flow over an obstacle. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 700, 502-513. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.157
• Ponte, A. L., de Velasco, G. G., Valle-Levinson, A., Winters, K. B., & Winant, C. D. (2012). Wind-driven subinertial circulation inside a semienclosed bay in the Gulf of California. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(6), 940-955. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-11-0103.1
• Winters, K. B., & de la Fuente, A. (2012). Modelling rotating stratified flows at laboratory-scale using spectrally-based DNS. Ocean Modelling, 49-50, 47-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.04.001
• Pham, H. T., Sarkar, S., & Winters, K. B. (2012). Intermittent patches of turbulence in a stratified medium with stable shear. Journal of Turbulence, 13(20), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/14685248.2012.686666

2011

• Winters, K. B., Bouruet-Aubertot, P., & Gerkema, T. (2011). Critical reflection and abyssal trapping of near-inertial waves on a β-plane. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 684, 111-136. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2011.280
• Hazewinkel, J., & Winters, K. B. (2011). PSI of the internal tide on a β plane: flux divergence and near-inertial wave propagation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(9), 1673-1682. doi: 10.1175/2011jpo4605.1

2010

• Cheng, P., Valle-Levinson, A., Winant, C. D., Ponte, A. L. S., de Velasco, G. G., & Winters, K. B. (2010). Upwelling-enhanced seasonal stratification in a semiarid bay. Continental Shelf Research, 30(10-11), 1241-1249. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.015

2009

• Echeverri, P., Flynn, M. R., Winters, K. B., & Peacock, T. (2009). Low-mode internal tide generation by topography: an experimental and numerical investigation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 636, 91-108. doi: 10.1017/s0022112009007654
• Winters, K. B., & Young, W. R. (2009). Available potential energy and buoyancy variance in horizontal convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 629, 221-230. doi: 10.1017/s0022112009006685

2008

• Siegel, D. A., Mitarai, S., Costello, C. J., Gaines, S. D., Kendall, B. E., Warner, R. R., & Winters, K. B. (2008). The stochastic nature of larval connectivity among nearshore marine populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(26), 8974-8979. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0802544105
• Winters, K. B. (2008). Growth of inertia-gravity waves in sheared inertial currents. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 601, 85-100. doi: 10.1017/s0022112008000621
• Mitarai, S., Siegel, D. A., & Winters, K. B. (2008). A numerical study of stochastic larval settlement in the California Current system. Journal of Marine Systems, 69(3-4), 295-309. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.02.017
• van Aartrijk, M., Clercx, H. J. H., & Winters, K. B. (2008). Single-particle, particle-pair, and multiparticle dispersion of fluid particles in forced stably stratified turbulence. Physics of Fluids, 20(2). doi: 10.1063/1.2838593
• Ivey, G. N., Winters, K. B., & Koseff, J. R. (2008). Density stratification, turbulence, but how much mixing?. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (pp. 169-184). Palo Alto: Annual Reviews. doi: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.39.050905.110314

2005

• MacKinnon, J. A., & Winters, K. B. (2005). Subtropical catastrophe: Significant loss of low-mode tidal energy at 28.9°. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(15). doi: 10.1029/2005gl023376

2004

• Barr, B. C., Slinn, D. N., Pierro, T., & Winters, K. B. (2004). Numerical simulation of turbulent, oscillatory flow over sand ripples. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109(C9). doi: 10.1029/2002jc001709
• D'Asaro, E. A., Winters, K. B., & Lien, R. C. (2004). Lagrangian estimates of diapycnal mixing in a simulated K-H instability. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21(5), 799-809. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0799:leodmi>2.0.co;2
• Winters, K. B., MacKinnon, J. A., & Mills, B. (2004). A spectral model for process studies of rotating, density-stratified flows. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21(1), 69-94. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0069:asmfps>2.0.co;2

2003

• Smyth, W. D., & Winters, K. B. (2003). Turbulence and mixing in Holmboe waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(4), 694-711. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<694:tamihw>2.0.co;2

2002

• D'Asaro, E. A., Winters, K. B., & Lien, R. C. (2002). Lagrangian analysis of a convective mixed layer. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 107(C5). doi: 10.1029/2000jc000247

2001

• Hogg, A. M., Winters, K. B., & Ivey, G. N. (2001). Linear internal waves and the control of stratified exchange flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 447, 357-375. doi: 10.1017/S0022112001006048
• Barry, M. E., Ivey, G. N., Winters, K. B., & Imberger, J. (2001). Measurements of diapycnal diffusivities in stratified fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 442, 267-291. doi: 10.1017/S0022112001005080
• Finnigan, T. D., Winters, K. B., & Ivey, G. N. (2001). Response characteristics of a buoyancy-driven sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31(9), 2721-2736. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2721:rcoabd>2.0.co;2
• Bouruet-Aubertot, P., Koudella, C., Staquet, C., & Winters, K. B. (2001). Particle dispersion and mixing induced by breaking internal gravity waves. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 33(2), 95-134. doi: 10.1016/s0377-0265(00)00056-7
• Hogg, A. M., Ivey, G. N., & Winters, K. B. (2001). Hydraulics and mixing in controlled exchange flows. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C1), 959-972. doi: 10.1029/2000jc000266

2000

• Hodges, B. R., Imberger, J., Saggio, A., & Winters, K. B. (2000). Modeling basin-scale internal waves in a stratified lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 45(7), 1603-1620.
• Ivey, G. N., Winters, K. B., & De Silva, I. P. D. (2000). Turbulent mixing in a sloping benthic boundary layer energized by internal waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 418, 59-76. doi: 10.1017/s0022112000008788
• Winters, K. B., & Seim, H. E. (2000). The role of dissipation and mixing in exchange flow through a contracting channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 407, 265-290. doi: 10.1017/s0022112099007727
• Winters, K. B., Seim, H. E., & Finnigan, T. D. (2000). Simulation of non-hydrostatic, density-stratified flow in irregular domains. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 32(3), 263-284. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(20000215)32:3<263::aid-fld937>3.0.co;2-q

1997

• Winters, K. B., & Dasaro, E. A. (1997). Direct simulation of internal wave energy transfer. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(9), 1937-1945. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1937:dsoiwe>2.0.co;2

1996

• Winters, K. B., & Dasaro, E. A. (1996). Diascalar flux and the rate of fluid mixing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 317, 179-193. doi: 10.1017/s0022112096000717

1995

• Winters, K. B., Lombard, P. N., Riley, J. J., & Dasaro, E. A. (1995). Available potential energy and mixing in density-stratified fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 289, 115-128. doi: 10.1017/s002211209500125x

1994

• Winters, K. B., & Dasaro, E. A. (1994). Three-dimensional wave instability near a critical level. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 272, 255-284. doi: 10.1017/s0022112094004465
• Rouseff, D., & Winters, K. B. (1994). Two-dimensional vector flow inversion by diffraction tomography. Inverse Problems, 10(3), 687-697. doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/10/3/012

1993

• Winters, K. B., & Rouseff, D. (1993). Tomographic reconstruction of stratified fluid flow. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 40(1), 26-33. doi: 10.1109/58.184995

1992

• Winters, K. B., & Riley, J. J. (1992). Instability of internal waves near a critical level. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 16(3-4), 249-278. doi: 10.1016/0377-0265(92)90009-i

1991

• Rouseff, D., Winters, K. B., & Ewart, T. E. (1991). Reconstruction of oceanic microstructure by tomography: A numerical feasibility study. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 96(C5), 8823-8833. doi: 10.1029/90jc02489

1990

• Winters, K. B., & Rouseff, D. (1990). A filtered backprojection method for the tomographic reconstruction of fluid vorticity. Inverse Problems, 6(4), L33-L38. doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/6/4/002

1989

• Winters, K. B., & Dasaro, E. A. (1989). Two-dimensional instability of finite amplitude internal gravity wave packets near a critical level. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 94(C9), 12709-12719. doi: 10.1029/JC094iC09p12709