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Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-3397-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-3397-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Research article
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10 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2025

Microstructure observations and mixing parameterizations along an Atlantic transect in very weak turbulence

Niek Kusters, Sjoerd Groeskamp, Bieito Fernandez Castro, and Hans van Haren

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This study compares both microstructure shear and thermistor data, and finds very weak dissipations rates down to O(10−12) W kg−1. The direct microstructure observations are compared to a finescale parameterization and Thorpe sorting method, for which we find good comparison. Insights into the relative roles between isoneutral and dianeutral mixing are obtained by using the triple decomposition framework.
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