Fig. 3: The distributions of vertical diffusivity after optimization.
From: Deep ocean mixing mismatch between model and observational estimates
a The zonally averaged distribution (left) and vertical profile (right) for the optimized vertical diffusivity in the global ocean. b The same as (a) but in the Atlantic Ocean. c The same as (a) but in the Pacific Ocean. d The same as (a) but in the Indian Ocean. Counter intervals are 0.2 cm2/s. Results from the initial vertical diffusivity of T00 (Tsujino et al. 2000) are shown here, and both initial (thin line) and optimized (bold line) values are displayed for the vertical profile. Regarding the vertical profile, observational estimates from Whalen et al. (2015) and Kunze et al. (2017) are also displayed with red and blue lines, respectively.
