Wave-turbulence scaling in the ocean mixed layer

Microstructure measurements were collected using an autonomous freely rising profiler under a variety of different atmospheric forcing and sea states in the open ocean. Here, profiles of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate, ε, are compared with various proposed scalings. In the oce...

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Main Authors: G. Sutherland, B. Ward, K. H. Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-07-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/9/597/2013/os-9-597-2013.pdf