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Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-893-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-893-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
Technical note
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19 Mar 2026
Technical note |  | 19 Mar 2026

Best practices for estimating turbulent dissipation from oceanic single-point velocity timeseries observations

Cynthia E. Bluteau, Danielle J. Wain, Julia C. Mullarney, and Craig L. Stevens

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This article provides best practices for estimating an ocean turbulence parameter, epsilon, from velocity measurements. Improper data handling can lead to significant errors in the estimated mixing, propagating into estimates of heat transfers, salt, dissolved gases, and nutrients. The article explains how to process velocity datasets using benchmark datasets from different instruments and platforms in varied ocean environments. The datasets allow users to test their processing algorithms.
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