PARAMETERS OF TURBULENT EXCHANGE OF SURFACE AND DEEP-WATER CURRENTS IN THE BLACK SEA
The spatial distributions of surface and deep-water currents in the Black Sea are analyzed. Thereto the kinematic parameters of the drifters and the self-contained floating buoy-profilers according to the Global Data Center of the International Program "ARGO" were used. Dependences on the depth of the current velocity modulus, meridional K<sub>v</sub> and zonal K<sub>u</sub> coefficients of turbulent exchange, and K<sub>u</sub> / K<sub>v</sub> exchange anisotropy index are obtained. It is shown that as the depth increases from the surface to 1500 m, the kinetic energy of current field decreases, which is accompanied by a decrease in the meridional (1,1∙10<sup>3 </sup>m<sup>2</sup>/s > K<sub>v</sub> > 0,04∙10<sup>3 </sup>m<sup>2</sup>/s) and zonal (1,9∙10<sup>3</sup> m<sup>2</sup>/s > K<sub>u</sub> > 0,12∙10<sup>3</sup> m<sup>2</sup>/s) exchange coefficients, while the exchange anisotropy ( K<sub>u</sub> > K<sub>v</sub> ) is conserved.