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Provide Ellison scale option #103

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jessecusack opened this issue Jun 10, 2022 · 0 comments
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Provide Ellison scale option #103

jessecusack opened this issue Jun 10, 2022 · 0 comments

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jessecusack commented Jun 10, 2022

The Ellison scale is defined as the root mean square density in an overturning patch divided by the density gradient,

Le = <rho'>^0.5 / (drho/dz).

If the density perturbation is relative to a minimum potential energy background, then the Ellison scale can be used to estimate the available potential energy,

APE = 0.5 N^2 Le^2.

N^2 is also calculated from the background. The true background should be found by sorting the 3D density field. Observationally, the background is approximated by sorting a single density profile.

The Ellison scale may be a better estimate of the Ozmidov scale in some cases.

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