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Article Dans Une Revue Biogeosciences Discussions Année : 2011

Characterization of turbulence and validation of fine-scale parametrization in the Mediterranean Sea during BOUM experiment

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One main purpose of BOUM experiment was to give evidence of the possible impact of submesoscale dynamics on biogeochemical cycles. To this aim physical as well as biogeochemical data were collected along a zonal transect through the western and eastern basins. Along this transect 3 day fixed point stations were performed within anticyclonic eddies during which microstructure measurements were collected over the first 100 m. We focus here on the characterization of turbulent mixing induced by internal wave breaking. The analysis of microstructure measurements revealed a high level of turbulence in the seasonal pycnocline and a moderate level below with energy dissipation mean values of the order of 10-6 W kg-1 and 10-8 W kg-1, respectively. Fine-scale parameterizations developed to mimic energy dissipation produced by internal wavebreaking were then tested against these direct measurements. Once validated a parameterization has been applied to infer energy dissipation and mixing over the whole data set, thus providing an overview over a latitudinal section of the Mediterranean sea. The results evidence a significant increase of dissipation at the top and base of eddies associated with strong near inertial waves. Vertical turbulent diffusivity is increased both in these regions and in the weakly stratified eddy core.
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hal-00758327 , version 1 (03-12-2015)

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Yannis Cuypers, Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot, Claudie Marec, Jean-Luc Fuda. Characterization of turbulence and validation of fine-scale parametrization in the Mediterranean Sea during BOUM experiment. Biogeosciences Discussions, 2011, 8, pp.8961-8998. ⟨10.5194/BGD-8-8961-2011⟩. ⟨hal-00758327⟩
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