Vertical Fluxes of Water Mass and Nutrients in the Mediterranean
Outflow Region
Ingrid Wiedmann, Ingrid Puillat, SdenaJamal 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
Gracias!!!