Sentences with phrase «eddy diffusion which»
The problem is the context was eddy diffusion which is not diffusive mixing.
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They then estimated the heat flux into the thermocline using a standard (accepted) model, with a thermocline eddy diffusion coefficient of 1.2E - 5 m ^ 2 / s from Ledwell: We estimate s by using this slope along with k = 1.2x10 - 5 m2 / s (the eddy diffusion coefficient in the thermocline [Ledwell et al., 1998]-RRB- So if they are wrong, either their basic model is wrong (which seems unlikely - it is just a simple energy balance model after all), or their choice of eddy diffusion coefficient is wrong.
Ledwell's 1998 SF6 tracer experiments established an eddy diffusion coefficient of around 10 - 5, which is what Douglass uses.
When a gyre region is added to the channel, vertical diffusion in the gyre exerts some control on the channel stratification even at higher winds, forcing the mass balance into a mixed regime in which both eddy and diffusive effects are important.