Ocean turbulence measurement programs were carried out during 22 cruises to quantify the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy and infer rates of turbulent mixing (see Table C6). The used shipboard microstructure profiling systems 165 (MSS) were manufactured by Sea & Sun Technology and consisted of a profiler (MSS90-D, S/N 26, 32 and 73), a winch having 500-1000 m of cable and a data interface. All profilers were equipped with three microstructure shear sensors, a fast- response temperature sensor (PF07), an acceleration sensor and two tilt sensors as well as conductivity (Sea & Sun Tech.), temperature (Sea & Sun Tech.), pressure (Keller), turbidity (Seapoint) and oxygen sensors sampling with a lower response time. The profilers were optimized to sink at a rate of 0.5-0.6 m s-1. Standard processing procedures were used to determine 170 the rate of kinetic energy dissipation of turbulence in the water column (see Schafstall et al. (2010) for a detailed description). Additionally, during several autonomous glider missions, a microstructure probe was mounted to the top of the gliders. These probes (MicroRider) were manufactured by Rockland Scientific and carried two microstructure shear and temperature sensors as well as pressure, accelerometer and tilt sensors. The data processing is detailed in Foltz et al. (2020).