Estimates of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the western tropical Atlantic, northeast of Barbados (January and February 2020) calculated from Seaglider temperature microstructure observations using Batchelor spectrum and Thorpe scale methods (R/V Meteor cruise M161).

Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate (epsilon) as calculated from microstructure temperature observations collected by a FP07 fast thermistor mounted on a Seaglider (SG620). Epsilon has been calculated using two methods: the Batchelor spectrum method (epsilon_mu) and the Thorpe scale method (epsilon_T). SG620 was deployed between January and February 2020 from the RV Meteor (cruise M161) in the western tropical Atlantic, northeast of Barbados, as part of the EUREC4A air-sea observational campaign. SG620 occupied a bowtie pattern 10 km across centred at 14º 10'N 57º 20'W. Standard hydrographic observations collected by SG620 during this deployment are available under DOI doi:10.5285/c596cdd7-c709-461a-e053-6c86abc0c127.