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All clusters, Site OT−I, days 345.750 to 360.250
2.5
2 m
4 m
6 m
8 m
10 m
Least−squares fit
2
Λ
*
u/ f
*
1.5
4−m limit
1
2−m limit
0.5
c
= 0.85
λ
Λ
*
= 0.028
0
0
0.002
0.004
0.006
0.008
0.01
0.012
u
*(cov)
, m s
−1
Plate 16
Scatter plot of mixing length λ versus
u
∗
for all 3-h averages prior to the ISPOL
Christmas-Day breakup. The green dot-dashed line is a least-squares linear fit through the origin
with95%confidence interval indicated by thelight dashed lines. The red dashed lineindicates the
dynamic(planetary)maximummixinglength.Thehorizontaldashedlinesindicatethe“geometric”
limits,
κ
|
z
|
, at 2 and 4m, respectively (From McPhee 2008, in press) (see also in black-and-white
on page 94)
