“…The mass and momentum conservation equations are, respectively:
where 〈...〉 denotes the LES space scale filter, u the velocity vector, t time, p pressure, τ the resolved stress tensor, τ t the sub‐grid scale (SGS) turbulent stress tensor, ρ the local density, R = ( ρ − ρ a )/ ρ a the relative density difference, and g the gravitational acceleration. The momentum equation is based on the Boussinesq approximation, that is, density variations are considered only in the buoyancy term (e.g., Gray & Giorgini,
1976; Mayeli & Sheard,
2021). Transport of salt was computed using the incompressible mass diffusion equation (Cantero et al.,
2007),
where α eff = υ/ Sc + υ t /Sc t is the effective diffusivity with Sc = υ/D being the Schmidt number and Sc t = υ t /K the turbulent Schmidt number.…”