Jeffrey R Carpenter

Jeffrey R. Carpenter is a physical oceanographer at the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geeshacht, Germany, where he is the leader of the Small Scale Physics and Turbulence Group. His work focuses on the fluid mechanics of physical process in natural water bodies, and his research interests include turbulent mixing in stable density stratification, shear flows, instability and wave interactions, double-diffusive convection, heat fluxes and eddy formation in the Arctic Ocean,...See more

Jeffrey R. Carpenter is a physical oceanographer at the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geeshacht, Germany, where he is the leader of the Small Scale Physics and Turbulence Group. His work focuses on the fluid mechanics of physical process in natural water bodies, and his research interests include turbulent mixing in stable density stratification, shear flows, instability and wave interactions, double-diffusive convection, heat fluxes and eddy formation in the Arctic Ocean, turbulence measurements using ocean gliders, and the impacts of offshore wind farms on the coastal ocean. See less