Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region
[EN] We use several hydrographic and velocity sections crossing the Gulf Stream to examine how the gradient Richardson number, Ri, is modified due to both vertical smoothing of the hydrographic and/or velocity fields and the assumption of parallel or geostrophic flow. Vertical smoothing of the origi...
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| Palabra clave: | Shear mixing Geostrophic shear Ageostrophic motions Richardson number Data smoothing Cizalla geostrófica Mezcla por cizalla Movimientos ageostróficos Número de Richardson Filtrado de datos |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region Estimados del número de gradiente de Richardson en la región de la Corriente del Golfo a partir de datos filtrados veticalmente |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region Van Gastel, Paul Shear mixing Geostrophic shear Ageostrophic motions Richardson number Data smoothing Cizalla geostrófica Mezcla por cizalla Movimientos ageostróficos Número de Richardson Filtrado de datos |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream region |
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Van Gastel, Paul Pelegrí, Josep Lluís |
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Van Gastel, Paul |
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Van Gastel, Paul Pelegrí, Josep Lluís |
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Shear mixing Geostrophic shear Ageostrophic motions Richardson number Data smoothing Cizalla geostrófica Mezcla por cizalla Movimientos ageostróficos Número de Richardson Filtrado de datos |
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Shear mixing Geostrophic shear Ageostrophic motions Richardson number Data smoothing Cizalla geostrófica Mezcla por cizalla Movimientos ageostróficos Número de Richardson Filtrado de datos |
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[EN] We use several hydrographic and velocity sections crossing the Gulf Stream to examine how the gradient Richardson number, Ri, is modified due to both vertical smoothing of the hydrographic and/or velocity fields and the assumption of parallel or geostrophic flow. Vertical smoothing of the original (25 m interval) velocity field leads to a substantial increase in the Ri mean value, of the same order as the smoothing factor, while its standard deviation remains approximately constant. This contrasts with very minor changes in the distribution of the Ri values due to vertical smoothing of the density field over similar lengths. Mean geostrophic Ri values remain always above the actual unsmoothed Ri values, commonly one to two orders of magnitude larger, but the standard deviation is typically a factor of five larger in geostrophic than in actual Ri values. At high vertical wavenumbers (length scales below 3 m) the geostrophic shear only leads to near critical conditions in already rather mixed regions. At these scales, hence, the major contributor to shear mixing is likely to come from the interaction of the background flow with internal waves. At low vertical wavenumbers (scales above 25 m) the ageostrophic motions provide the main source for shear, with cross-stream movements having a minor but non-negligible contribution. These large-scale motions may be associated with local accelerations taking place during frontogenetic phases of meanders |
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Estimates of gradient Richardson numbers from vertically smoothed data in the Gulf Stream regionEstimados del número de gradiente de Richardson en la región de la Corriente del Golfo a partir de datos filtrados veticalmenteVan Gastel, PaulPelegrí, Josep LluísShear mixingGeostrophic shearAgeostrophic motionsRichardson numberData smoothingCizalla geostróficaMezcla por cizallaMovimientos ageostróficosNúmero de RichardsonFiltrado de datos[EN] We use several hydrographic and velocity sections crossing the Gulf Stream to examine how the gradient Richardson number, Ri, is modified due to both vertical smoothing of the hydrographic and/or velocity fields and the assumption of parallel or geostrophic flow. Vertical smoothing of the original (25 m interval) velocity field leads to a substantial increase in the Ri mean value, of the same order as the smoothing factor, while its standard deviation remains approximately constant. This contrasts with very minor changes in the distribution of the Ri values due to vertical smoothing of the density field over similar lengths. Mean geostrophic Ri values remain always above the actual unsmoothed Ri values, commonly one to two orders of magnitude larger, but the standard deviation is typically a factor of five larger in geostrophic than in actual Ri values. At high vertical wavenumbers (length scales below 3 m) the geostrophic shear only leads to near critical conditions in already rather mixed regions. At these scales, hence, the major contributor to shear mixing is likely to come from the interaction of the background flow with internal waves. At low vertical wavenumbers (scales above 25 m) the ageostrophic motions provide the main source for shear, with cross-stream movements having a minor but non-negligible contribution. These large-scale motions may be associated with local accelerations taking place during frontogenetic phases of meanders[ES] Hemos utilizado varias secciones hidrográficas y de velocidad, que atraviesan la Corriente del Golfo, con el fin de analizar como se modifica el número de gradiente de Richardson, Ri, debido tanto al suavizado vertical de los datos hidrográficos y de velocidad como a la aproximación de flujo geostrófico paralelo. El suavizado vertical de los datos originales de velocidad (intervalo de 25 m) conlleva un aumento substancial del valor medio de Ri, del mismo orden que el factor de suavizado, mientras que la desviación estándar permanece aproximadamente constante. Esto contrasta con los cambios muy pequeños en la distribución de los valores de Ri causados por el suavizado vertical del campo de densidades sobre distancias similares. Los valores medios geostróficos de Ri permanecen siempre por encima de los valores de Ri obtenidos mediante los datos originales de velocidad sin suavizar, típicamente uno o dos órdenes de magnitud mayores, mientras que la desviación estándar de los valores geostróficos usualmente es unas cinco veces mayor que la de los valores reales de Ri. En números de onda verticales altos (escalas de longitud por debajo de 3 m) la cizalla geostrófica solo ocasiona condiciones casi críticas in regiones que ya se encuentran bastante mezcladas. En estas escalas, por tanto, la mayor contribución a la mezcla por cizalla probablemente proviene de la interacción entre el flujo base y las ondas internas. En números de onda verticales bajos (escalas por arriba de 25 m) los movimientos geostróficos proporcionan la fuente principal de cizalla, teniendo los movimientos en la dirección normal al flujo medio una contribución pequeña pero no despreciable. Estos movimientos a escalas largas pueden estar asociados con aceleraciones locales que tienen lugar durante fases frontogenéticas de meandrosPart of this work was written while J.L.P. was at University of Wisconsin-Madison with a grant from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes, Spanish Government. This work has been partly funded by the European Union through the OASIS project (contract No. EVK3-CT-2002-00073-OASIS).Peer reviewedCSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)200820082004info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_65011463864 bytesapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/5792reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4459info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:digitalcsic_::0c699b1adcb1a529c5957ce737f8bd8e2026-05-22T06:33:51Z |
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