Fig. 4: Comparison of this study’s vertical diffusivity with observation-based estimations.
From: Deep ocean mixing mismatch between model and observational estimates
a The depth-averaged Kv distributions between 500 m and 1000 m obtained when T00 (Tsujino et al. 2000) was used as the initial value. b The same as (a) but for depth average between 1000 m and 2000 m. c The same as (a) but for depth average below 2000 m. d–f The same as (a–c) but when dL20 (de Lavergne et al. 2020) was used for the initial value. g–i The same as (a–c) but from the Argo-based fine-structure estimation of Whalen et al. (2015). j–l The same as (a–c) but from the ship-based fine-structure estimation of Kunze (2017). m–o The same as (a–c) but from the micro-structure observation of Waterhouse et al. (2014). The unit is cm2/s and the base-10 logarithmic scale is used for all figures. In (a–f), values in the polar regions where the relaxation of temperature and salinity to the observed climatology is applied are not shown.
