Fig. 4: Observed mixing parameters near 11.5°N, 23°W. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Observed mixing parameters near 11.5°N, 23°W.

From: Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic

Fig. 4

10-m average profiles observed with the microstructure profiler (MSS) in the vicinity of the PIRATA buoy of a turbulent dissipation rates (ε), b vertical temperature gradients (dT/dz), c eddy diffusivities (Kρ) and d vertical diffusive heat fluxes (Jheat) during September 2015 as thick red bars. All additionally available MSS observations of the other cruises in thick black 10-m average bars. Gray/light red patches around the bars denote the 95% confidence limits. Light red lines show the individual profiles with full vertical resolution from September 2015, where two exemplary profiles are highlighted in red/magenta. The two highlighted profiles are also localized as red/magenta diamonds in Fig. 3.

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