81 publications

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
• Munoz, R. C., Armi, L., Rutllant, J. A., Falvey, M., Whiteman, C. D., Garreaud, R., ... Donoso, N. (2020). Raco wind at the exit of the Maipo Canyon in Central Chile: Climatology, special observations, and possible mechanisms. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(4), 725-749. doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-19-0188.1

2019

• 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

• Mayr, G. J., Plavcan, D., Armi, L., Elvidge, A., Grisogono, B., Horvath, K., ... Zangl, G. (2018). The community foehn classification experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99(11), 2229-2235. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-17-0200.1

2017

• 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

2015

• Armi, L., & Mayr, G. J. (2015). Virtual and real topography for flows across mountain ranges. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(4), 723-731. doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-14-0231.1

2014

• 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

• 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

2012

• 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
• Hildebrand, J. A., Armi, L., & Henkart, P. C. (2012). Seismic imaging of the water-column deep layer associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Geophysics, 77(2), EN11-EN16. doi: 10.1190/geo2011-0347.1

2011

• Armi, L., & Mayr, G. J. (2011). The Descending Stratified Flow and Internal Hydraulic Jump in the Lee of the Sierras. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50(10), 1995-2011. doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-10-05005.1

2010

• Biescas, B., Armi, L., Sallares, V., & Gracia, E. (2010). Seismic imaging of staircase layers below the Mediterranean Undercurrent. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 57(10), 1345-1353. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.001
• Mayr, G. J., & Armi, L. (2010). The Influence of Downstream Diurnal Heating on the Descent of Flow across the Sierras. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49(9), 1906-1912. doi: 10.1175/2010jamc2516.1
• Cummins, P. F., & Armi, L. (2010). Upstream Internal Jumps in Stratified Sill Flow: Observations of Formation, Evolution, and Release. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(6), 1419-1426. doi: 10.1175/2010jpo4435.1
• Ilicak, M., & Armi, L. (2010). Comparison between a non-hydrostatic numerical model and analytic theory for the two-layer exchange flows. Ocean Modelling, 35(3), 264-269. doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.05.002

2008

• Armi, L., & Riemenschneider, U. (2008). Two-layer hydraulics for a co-located crest and narrows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 615, 169-184. doi: 10.1017/s0022112008003546
• Mayr, G. J., & Armi, L. (2008). Fohn as a response to changing upstream and downstream air masses. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 134(635), 1357-1369. doi: 10.1002/qj.295

2007

• Moum, J. N., Farmer, D. M., Shroyer, E. L., Smyth, W. D., & Armi, L. (2007). Dissipative losses in nonlinear internal waves propagating across the continental shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(7), 1989-1995. doi: 10.1175/jpo3091.1
• Armi, L., & Mayr, G. J. (2007). Continuously stratified flows across an Alpine crest with a pass: Shallow and deep fohn. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133(623), 459-477. doi: 10.1002/qj.22
• Mayr, G. J., Armi, L., Gohm, A., Zaengl, G., Durran, D. R., Flamant, C., ... Weissmann, M. (2007). Gap flows: Results from the Mesoscale Alpine Programme. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133(625), 881-896. doi: 10.1002/qj.66

2006

• Cummins, P. F., Armi, L., & Vagle, S. (2006). Upstream internal hydraulic jumps. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(5), 753-769. doi: 10.1175/jpo2894.1
• Adachi, Y., Kawamura, K., Armi, L., & Keeling, R. F. (2006). Diffusive separation of the lower atmosphere. Science (Washington), 311(5766), 1429-1429. doi: 10.1126/science.1121312

2005

• Siedler, G., Armi, L., & Muller, T. J. (2005). Meddies and decadal changes at the Azores Front from 1980 to 2000. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 52(3-4), 583-604. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.12.010

2004

• Mayr, G. J., Armi, L., Arnold, S., Banta, R. M., Darby, L. S., Durran, D. D., ... Whiteman, C. D. (2004). Gap flow measurements during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 86(1-2), 99-119. doi: 10.1007/s00703-003-0022-2
• Eastwood, C. D., Armi, L., & Lasheras, J. C. (2004). The breakup of immiscible fluids in turbulent flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 502, 309-333. doi: 10.1017/s0022112003007730

2003

• Moum, J. N., Farmer, D. M., Smyth, W. D., Armi, L., & Vagle, S. (2003). Structure and generation of turbulence at interfaces strained by internal solitary waves propagating shoreward over the continental shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(10), 2093-2112. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2093:sagota>2.0.co;2
• Cummins, P. F., Vagle, S., Armi, L., & Farmer, D. M. (2003). Stratified flow over topography: upstream influence and generation of nonlinear internal waves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 459(2034), 1467-1487. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1077

2002

• Armi, L., & Farmer, D. (2002). Stratified flow over topography: bifurcation fronts and transition to the uncontrolled state. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 458(2019), 513-538. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2001.0887

2001

• Farmer, D. M., & Armi, L. (2001). Stratified flow over topography: models versus observations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 457(2016), 2827-2830.
• Flament, P., Lumpkin, R., Tournadre, J., & Armi, L. (2001). Vortex pairing in an unstable anticyclonic shear flow: discrete subharmonics of one pendulum day. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 440, 401-409. doi: 10.1017/S0022112001004955

2000

• Pawlak, G., & Armi, L. (2000). Mixing and entrainment in developing stratified currents. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 424, 45-73. doi: 10.1017/s0022112000001877
• Munk, W., Armi, L., Fischer, K., & Zachariasen, F. (2000). Spirals on the sea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 456(1997), 1217-1280.
• Lumpkin, R., Flament, P., Kloosterziel, R., & Armi, L. (2000). Vortex merging in a 1-1/2-layer fluid on an f plane. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30(1), 233-242. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0233:vmialf>2.0.co;2
• Flament, P., & Armi, L. (2000). The shear, convergence, and thermohaline structure of a front. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30(1), 51-66. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0051:tscats>2.0.co;2

1999

• Farmer, D., & Armi, L. (1999). Stratified flow over topography: the role of small-scale entrainment and mixing in flow establishment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 455(1989), 3221-3258.
• Ambar, I., Armi, L., Bower, A., & Ferreira, T. (1999). Some aspects of time variability of the Mediterranean Water off south Portugal. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 46(7), 1109-1136. doi: 10.1016/s0967-0637(99)00006-0
• Farmer, D., & Armi, L. (1999). The generation and trapping of solitary waves over topography. Science, 283(5399), 188-190. doi: 10.1126/science.283.5399.188

1998

• Pawlak, G., & Armi, L. (1998). Vortex dynamics in a spatially accelerating shear layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 376, 1-35. doi: 10.1017/s002211209800250x
• Ralph, F. M., Armi, L., Bane, J. M., Dorman, C., Neff, W. D., Neiman, P. J., ... Persson, P. O. G. (1998). Observations and analysis of the 10-11 June 1994 coastally trapped disturbance. Monthly Weather Review, 126(9), 2435-2465.
• Dorman, C. E., Armi, L., Bane, J. M., & Rogers, D. P. (1998). Sea surface mixed layer during the 10-11 June 1991 California coastally trapped event. Monthly Weather Review, 126(3), 600-619.

1997

• Bower, A. S., Armi, L., & Ambar, I. (1997). Lagrangian observations of Meddy formation during A Mediterranean Undercurrent Seeding Experiment. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(12), 2545-2575. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2545:loomfd>2.0.co;2
• Pawlak, G., & Armi, L. (1997). Hydraulics of two-layer arrested wedge flows. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 35(5), 603-618.

1996

• Pawlak, G., & Armi, L. (1996). Stability and mixing of a two-layer exchange flow. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 24(1-4), 139-151. doi: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00447-5

1995

• Bower, A. S., Armi, L., & Ambar, I. (1995). Direct Evidence of Meddy Formation Off the Southwestern Coast of Portugal. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 42(9), 1621-1630. doi: 10.1016/0967-0637(95)00045-8

1993

• Armi, L., & Williams, R. (1993). The Hydraulics of a Stratified Fluid Flowing through a Contraction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 251, 355-375. doi: 10.1017/s0022112093003441

1991

• Williams, R., & Armi, L. (1991). Two-Layer Hydraulics with Comparable Internal Wave Speeds. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 230, 667-691. doi: 10.1017/s0022112091000927
• Williams, R., & Armi, L. (1991). The Planetary Boundary-Layer of the Deep Western Boundary Undercurrent. Deep-Sea Research Part a-Oceanographic Research Papers, 38(3), 393-&. doi: 10.1016/0198-0149(91)90075-q
• Armi, L., & Williams, R. (1991). The Deep Western Boundary Undercurrent Off the Newfoundland Ridge. Deep-Sea Research Part a-Oceanographic Research Papers, 38(3), 371-391. doi: 10.1016/0198-0149(91)90074-p

1990

• Zenk, W., & Armi, L. (1990). The Complex Spreading Pattern of Mediterranean Water Off the Portuguese Continental-Slope. Deep-Sea Research Part a-Oceanographic Research Papers, 37(12), 1805-1823. doi: 10.1016/0198-0149(90)90079-b
• Pratt, L., & Armi, L. (1990). Two-Layer Rotating Hydraulics - Strangulation, Remote and Virtual Controls. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 133(4), 587-617. doi: 10.1007/bf00876224

1989

• Armi, L. (1989). Hydraulic Control of Zonal Currents on a Beta-Plane. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 201, 357-377. doi: 10.1017/s0022112089000972
• Armi, L., Hebert, D., Oakey, N., Price, J. F., Richardson, P. L., Rossby, H. T., & Ruddick, B. (1989). 2 Years in the Life of a Mediterranean Salt Lens. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19(3), 354-370. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1989)019<0354:tyitlo>2.0.co;2
• Richardson, P. L., Walsh, D., Armi, L., Schroder, M., & Price, J. F. (1989). Tracking Three Meddies with SOFAR Floats. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19(3), 371-383. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1989)019<0371:ttmwsf>2.0.co;2

1988

• Washburn, L., & Armi, L. (1988). Observations of Frontal Instabilities on an Upwelling Filament. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 18(8), 1075-1092. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1988)018<1075:oofioa>2.0.co;2
• Hedstrom, K., & Armi, L. (1988). An Experimental-Study of Homogeneous Lenses in a Stratified Rotating Fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 191, 535-556. doi: 10.1017/s0022112088001697
• Armi, L., Hebert, D., Oakey, N., Price, J., Richardson, P. L., Rossby, T., & Ruddick, B. (1988). The History and Decay of a Mediterranean Salt Lens. Nature, 333(6174), 649-651. doi: 10.1038/333649a0
• Armi, L., & Farmer, D. M. (1988). The Flow of Mediterranean Water through the Strait of Gibraltar. Progress in Oceanography, 21(1), 1-105. doi: 10.1016/0079-6611(88)90055-9
• Farmer, D. M., & Armi, L. (1988). The Flow of Atlantic Water through the Strait of Gibraltar. Progress in Oceanography, 21(1), 1-105. doi: 10.1016/0079-6611(88)90055-9

1987

• Armi, L., & Farmer, D. (1987). A Generalization of the Concept of Maximal Exchange in a Strait. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 92(C13), 14679-14680. doi: 10.1029/JC092iC13p14679
• Pratt, L. J., & Armi, L. (1987). Hydraulic Control of Flows with Nonuniform Potential Vorticity. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17(11), 2016-2029. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1987)017<2016:hcofwn>2.0.co;2
• Dickinson, W. R., Armin, R. A., Beckvar, N., Goodlin, T. C., Janecke, S. U., Mark, R. A., ... Wortman, A. A. (1987). Geohistory analysis of rates of sediment accumulation and subsidence for selected California basins. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, United States (USA): Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

1986

• Farmer, D. M., & Armi, L. (1986). Maximal 2-Layer Exchange over a Sill and through the Combination of a Sill and Contraction with Barotropic Flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 164, 53-&. doi: 10.1017/s002211208600246x
• Armi, L., & Farmer, D. M. (1986). Maximal 2-Layer Exchange through a Contraction with Barotropic Net Flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 164, 27-51. doi: 10.1017/s0022112086002458
• Armi, L. (1986). The Hydraulics of 2 Flowing Layers with Different Densities. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 163, 27-58. doi: 10.1017/s0022112086002197

1985

• Armi, L., & Farmer, D. (1985). The Internal Hydraulics of the Strait of Gibraltar and Associated Sills and Narrows. Oceanologica Acta, 8(1), 37-46.
• Flament, P., Armi, L., & Washburn, L. (1985). The Evolving Structure of an Upwelling Filament. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 90(NC6), 1765-&. doi: 10.1029/JC090iC06p11765
• Armi, L., & Flament, P. (1985). Cautionary Remarks on the Spectral Interpretation of Turbulent Flows. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 90(NC6), 1779-&. doi: 10.1029/JC090iC06p11779

1984

• Stommel, H., & Armi, L. (1984). A Hydraulic-Inertial Model of Thermal-Convection. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Des Sciences Serie Ii, 299(14), 937-942.
• Armi, L., & Zenk, W. (1984). Large Lenses of Highly Saline Mediterranean Water. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 14(10), 1560-1576. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014<1560:llohsm>2.0.co;2

1983

• Armi, L., & Stommel, H. (1983). Four Views of a Portion of the North-Atlantic Sub-Tropical Gyre. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 13(5), 828-857. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1983)013<0828:fvoapo>2.0.co;2

1982

• Smagorinsky, J., Armi, L., Bretherton, F. P., Bryan, K., Cess, R. D., Gates, W. L., ... Manabe, S. (1982). Carbon dioxide and climate : a second assessment. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
• Armi, L., & Haidvogel, D. B. (1982). Effects of Variable and Anisotropic Diffusivities in a Steady-State Diffusion-Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 12(8), 785-794. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1982)012<0785:eovaad>2.0.co;2
• Armi, L., & Bray, N. A. (1982). A Standard Analytic Curve of Potential Temperature Versus Salinity for the Western North-Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 12(4), 384-387. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1982)012<0384:asacop>2.0.co;2

1980

• Armi, L. (1980). Anomalous Water in the Deep Ocean Suggests Lateral Advection-Stirring. Science, 208(4447), 1061-1062. doi: 10.1126/science.208.4447.1061
• Armi, L., & Dasaro, E. (1980). Flow Structures of the Benthic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans and Atmospheres, 85(NC1), 469-484. doi: 10.1029/JC085iC01p00469

1979

• Armi, L. (1979). Some Evidence for Boundary Mixing in the Deep Ocean - Reply. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans and Atmospheres, 84(NC8), 5097-5098. doi: 10.1029/JC084iC08p05097
• Armi, L. (1979). Effects of Variations in Eddy Diffusivity on Property Distributions in the Oceans. Journal of Marine Research, 37(3), 515-530.

1978

• Armi, L. (1978). Some Evidence for Boundary Mixing in Deep Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans and Atmospheres, 83(NC4), 1971-1979. doi: 10.1029/JC083iC04p01971
• Armi, L. (1978). Mixing in Deep Ocean - Importance of Boundaries. Oceanus, 21(1), 14-19.

1977

• Armi, L. (1977). The dynamics of the bottom boundary layer of the deep ocean. Bottom turbulence (pp. 153-164). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

1976

• Armi, L., & Millard, R. C. (1976). Bottom Boundary-Layer of Deep Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans and Atmospheres, 81(27), 4983-4991. doi: 10.1029/JC081i027p04983