Experimental dataset for ‘Scaling the diurnal mixing/mixed layer depth in the tropical ocean: A case study in the South China Sea’

This dataset accompanies the manuscript ‘Scaling the diurnal mixing/mixed layer depth in the tropical ocean: A case study in the South China Sea’ by Cao et al. The data were obtained from a time series station in the central basin (116ºE, 14ºN) of the South China Sea in two different seasons. The summer cruise was performed on June 14 – 17, 2017 and the winter cruise was performed on January 25 – 26, 2018 (all in local time). Both of the two research cruises were conducted onboard the R/V TAN KAN KEE and in total 55 (18) vertical turbulence profiles and 53 (26) regular hydrographic profiles were collected in summer (winter).