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Fig. 5.13 a
u
∗
at 3.3m depth, LeadEx lead 3 at the edge of a freezing lead.
b
Salinity flux from
TICat4.3mequippedwitha µ
C
conductivityprobe.
c
Estimatedbuoyancyflux.
d
Obukhovlength
(From McPhee and Stanton 1996. Withpermission American Geophysical Union)
a rate of roughly 4cm per day. Air temperature during the lead 3 deployment re-
mainedcold(
30
◦
C).Soevenwithrelativelymildstress(0.05Pa)andcold
temperature,themagnitudeof
−
20to
−
µ
∗
remainedsmallcomparedwithvaluesseeninmid-
latitude atmospheric studies. For context, if scales in the atmosphere are roughly
