The Dependence of Global Ocean Modeling on Background Diapycnal Mixing

Table 1

Background diapycnal mixing and simulated temperature for the experiments.

	Exp. 1	Exp. 2	Exp. 3	Exp. 4	Exp. 5 (control)	Exp. 6	Exp. 7	Exp. 8 (realistic)
BDM (m^2/s)	1𝑒−7	5𝑒−7	1𝑒−6	5𝑒−6	1𝑒−5	5𝑒−5	1𝑒−4	Argo-derived
Tm (°C)	15.1850	15.1848	15.1828	15.1702	15.1529	14.9952	14.7221	15.1562

BDM: background diapycnal mixing; Tm: annual-mean temperature at the ocean surface; BDM used in the control run Exp. 5 is default value, and the realistic run Exp. 8 adopts the Argo-derived BDM.