Vertical Fluxes of Water Mass and Nutrients in the Mediterranean Outflow Region Ingrid Wiedmann, Ingrid Puillat, Sdena Jamal Chioua, Arief Rullyanto, Supervisors: Marc Gasser, Enric Pallas
Data: 27 stations (July 2009) – Temperature – Salinity – Pressure – U-velocity – V-velocity – Turbidity
Objective Mapping (Data interpolation) Calculate Richardson Number Calculate Vertical Mixing Coefficient / Vertical Density Diffusivity (Munk & Anderson, 1948) Calculate Vertical Mixing Coefficient / Vertical Density Diffusivity (Sangra & Pelegri, 1998) Kma = Ksp =
Objective Mapping (Ex: Temperature) Gridsize:50x50x141
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T S Ri Turb Kma Ksp
Maximum turbidity -> Deep Chl a max Maximum turbidity -> interface (AMI) -> High Ri Kma ~ Ksp
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