title: Crossing turbulent boundaries: interfacial flux in environmental flows.
abstract: Advances in the visualization and prediction of turbulence are shedding new light on mass transfer in the turbulent boundary layer. These discoveries have important implications for many topics in environmental science and engineering, from the transport of earth-warming CO2 across the sea-air interface, to nutrient processing and sediment erosion in rivers, lakes, and the ocean, to pollutant removal in water and wastewater treatment systems. In this article we outline current understanding of turbulent boundary layer flows, with particular focus on coherent turbulence and its impact on mass transport across the sediment-water interface in marine and freshwater systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States. sbgrant@uci.edu
authors.forename: Stanley B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marusic
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D060106:Lakes; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D045483:Rivers; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water