Validation of Thorpe-scale-derived vertical diffusivities against microstructure measurements in the Kerguelen region

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Park, Y. -h., Lee, J. -h., Durand, I., Hong, C. -s.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh 2014
• Subjects: Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Osborn
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00291/40210/39323.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00291/40210/81219.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6927-2014; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00291/40210/

The Thorpe scale is an energy-containing vertical overturning scale of large eddies associated with shear-generated turbulence. This study investigates indirect estimates of vertical diffusivities from the Thorpe scale method in the polar front region east of the Kerguelen Islands based on fine-scal...