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dc.contributor.authorPeterson, Algot Kristoffereng
dc.contributor.authorFer, Ilkereng
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-19T13:54:54Z
dc.date.available2015-03-19T13:54:54Z
dc.date.issued2014-09eng
dc.identifier.issn2211-1220en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/9594
dc.description.abstractMicrostructure measurements of temperature and current shear are made using an autonomous underwater glider. The glider is equipped with fast-response thermistors and airfoil shear probes, providing measurements of dissipation rate of temperature variance, χχ, and of turbulent kinetic energy, εε, respectively. Furthermore, by fitting the temperature gradient variance spectra to a theoretical model, an independent measurement of εε is obtained. Both Batchelor (εBεB) and Kraichnan (εKεK) theoretical forms are used. Shear probe measurements are reported elsewhere; here, the thermistor-derived εBεB and εKεK are compared to the shear probe results, demonstrating the possibility of dissipation measurements using gliders equipped with thermistors only. A total of 152 dive and climb profiles are used, collected during a one-week mission in the Faroe Bank Channel, sampling the turbulent dense overflow plume and the ambient water above. Measurement of εε with thermistors using a glider requires careful consideration of data quality. Data are screened for glider flight properties, measurement noise, and the quality of fits to the theoretical models. Resulting dissipation rates from the two independent methods compare well for dissipation rates below 2×10−7 W kg−1. For more energetic turbulence, thermistors underestimate dissipation rates significantly, caused primarily by increased uncertainty in the time response correction. Batchelor and Kraichnan spectral models give very similar results. Concurrent measurements of εε and χχ are used to compute the dissipation flux coefficient ΓΓ (or so-called apparent mixing efficiency). A wide range of values is found, with a mode value of Γ≈0.14Γ≈0.14, in agreement with previous studies. Gliders prove to be suitable platforms for ocean microstructure measurements, complementary to existing methods.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-NDeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/eng
dc.subjectTurbulenceeng
dc.subjectBatchelor spectrumeng
dc.subjectKraichnan spectrumeng
dc.subjectFaroe Bank Channeleng
dc.subjectGlidereng
dc.subjectTemperature microstructureeng
dc.titleDissipation measurements using temperature microstructure from an underwater glideren_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2015-03-04T09:47:23Zen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2014 The Authorsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mio.2014.05.002
dc.identifier.cristin1149298
dc.source.journalMethods in oceanography
dc.source.4010
dc.source.pagenumber44-69
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 204867
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452nob


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