Old theories of turbulence
 - big eddies begat little eddies
 - they do so the same everywhere
But observation contradicts this.
Reality is intermittent.
True at all scales.
Patchiness theories need to be
revised in light of intermittency.
Intermittent forcing?
Zone de Texte: Seuront et al. (1999)
Seuront et al. (1999)
GO THROUGH
Concentration of interest in small, short-lived isolated place
   transfer of structure from scale to scale
EXPLAIN PLOTS
TOP:   turbulence experiment
   hugely spatially and temporally variable
BOTTOM 2:   Channel time-series
     T and fluorescence
   similar structure to turbulence

Given coherent features as well and ability to trap and protect…
NEED TO REVISE OLD THEORIES
But what can describe all structure and variability seen?
Multifractal
   explain scaling
Lots of data required to test applicability – is nature multifractal?
No open ocean dataset yet…