•K-Profile
Parameterization (KPP)
–Developed by Large, Mc
Williams, and Doney (1994)
–Governs Vertical
Mixing of Entire Water Column
–Parameterizes Several
Physical Processes
•Surface boundary
layer
–Mechanical wind
mixing
–Buoyancy flux
forcing
–Convective
overturning
–Non-local
(counter-gradient) fluxes
•Diapycnal mixing in
ocean interior
–Instability due to
resolved vertical shear
–Background internal
wave mixing
–Double diffusion
mixing (diffusive convection and salt fingering)
–Can Run at Relatively
Low Vertical Resolution
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