Fig. 7: Wake propagation, spread and backscattering strength among fine-scale transects.
From: Sheared turbulent flows and wake dynamics of an idled floating tidal turbine
A Mean cross-stream (Y) location as a function of downstream distance from the O2 platform. B Wake cross-sectional area (spread) as a function of downstream distance. C EK80-derived backscatter strength (Sv; dB re 1 m−1), a proxy for surface bubble entrainment through macro-turbulence. Transects are coloured by underlying mean horizontal velocity magnitude and include those from the 14th and the 17th of April 2022, where mean magnitudes range from 0.75 to 3.2 ms−1. In all plots, solid lines indicate flood transects and dashed lines indicate ebb transects. Source data are provided.
