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<p>This study explores the fluxes of heat and salt  associated with thermohaline staircases in the Beaufort Sea.  An inverse model is developed to calculate the vertical  transport of properties in the southern portion of the  Beaufort Sea directly from observations. The applicability  of laboratory derived 4/3 flux law is addressed. Three  formulations of the static advective-diffusive equations are  discretized on a uniform grid, and inverted using the method  of Total Least Squares. The first formulation is based on  the classic flux-gradient model, and is analyzed in both one  and three-dimensions. The second formulation utilizes  Turner formulation of the 4/3 flux law, but the formulation  of the coefficient C(Rp) remains unknown. The third  formulation includes the full form of the Kelley model, but  the amplitude of C(Rp) is unknown. Layer averaged heat flux  through the thermohaline staircases is found to be on the  order of 1 W/m2, which is significantly higher than previous  studies. This implies that the laboratory formulation of the  4/3 flux law may require calibration
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<br>Subjects: Diffusion</div>
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Chaplin, Jeremiah E.</div>
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