Cross-sections
of sigma-0 along
33W
to a depth of 500m for summer
(top)
and to 3000m for winter
(bottom).
The thick line is the mixed
layer
base.
HYCOM
was run with KPP mixing
and
relaxation boundary conditions
to
produce the “best” possible
simulation.
Nearsurface
fields are qualitatively
similar,
although differences in
detail
exist.
At
middle depths, water with lower
density
penetrates deeper in
in
the simulated fields than in
observations.