Spatial changes in the mixed layer depth
Acoustic mapping of mixed layer depth
... of the vertical undulations of the MLD seen here are due to near-surface internal waves generated by the Oden (Nansen, 1905). The recording duration of the EK80 was set to observe the full water column, resulting in a ...
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Mixed layer depth variability in the Red Sea
... Received: 15 January 2018 – Discussion started: 16 February 2018 Revised: 7 June 2018 – Accepted: 10 June 2018 – Published: 2 July 2018 Abstract. For the first time, a monthly climatology of mixed layer ...
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Estimation of Mixed Layer Depth at the AZMP Fixed Stations
... gradient depth when compared with threshold and gradient threshold MLD estimates, its utility in climatological studies and in exploring the links between physical and biological processes may warrant further ...
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Sea surface temperature and mixed layer depth changes due to cold-air outbreak in the gulf of México
... the mixed layer in the Gulf of México (GoM), during the pe- riod 18-23 October 1999, is shown in this ...sea mixed layer depth (MLD) changes due to atmospheric forcing before and ...
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Spatial and temporal changes in soil climate and active layer depth in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, 1999-2018
... 3.4 Instrumentation Across the nine SCS the soil variables monitored are temperature and moisture levels. Atmospheric variables measured include: air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation and wind speed & ...
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Mixed layer depth seasonality within the Coral Sea based on Argo data
... the mixed layer depth (MLD) within the Coral Sea was examined with CTD profiles from Argo ...isothermal layer depth (ILD) coincide quite well in most cases, the relatively common ...
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On the annual cycle of the sea surface temperature and the mixed layer depth in the Gulf of México
... 128 V. M. Mendoza et al. cycle of the entrainment velocity in the deepest region of the Gulf of México. The model is based on the thermal energy equation and on an equation of mechanical and thermal energy balance based ...
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Observed mesoscale eddy signatures in Southern Ocean surface mixed-layer depth
... profiles’ mixed-layer depth climatologies rather than anomalies (see Figure ...surface mixed-layer depths with multi-mission satellite altimetry-derived mesoscale eddy data (locations, ...
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Verification of the mixed layer depth in the OceanMAPS operational forecast model for Austral autumn
... To provide a more quantitative assessment of the differences between each model version, the magnitude of the differ- ence between the observed and forecast MLD was calculated (Fig. 4). The regional bias previously ...
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Role of Mixed Layer Depth and Subduction Processes for the Southern Ocean Carbon and Nutrient Cycles
... temperature changes in- dependently on the summer mixed layer variability by combining observations and model MLD sensitivity ...temperature changes and that wind forcing dominates over ...
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Heat content changes within the mixed layer of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean
... The following assumption may be made: during the anomalous hydroclirnatic conditions occurring after El Nino, the heat pool usually located in the Western Pacific [r] ...
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Influence of the herbaceous layer and litter depth on the spatial distribution of litter macrofauna in a forest plantation
... Keywords: spatial distribution structure; mosaic distribution pattern; soil fauna; biodiversity; forest litter Introduction Litter invertebrates in forests undergo continuous redistribution in response to ...
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A mechanistic model of an upper bound on oceanic carbon export as a function of mixed layer depth and temperature
... to depth through biological ...by mixed layer depth ...critical depth hypothesis, we derive a mechanistic model of an upper bound on carbon export based on the metabolic balance between ...
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The Black Sea Mixed Layer Depth Variability and Its Relation to the Basin Dynamics and Atmospheric Forcing
... upper layer, the real values of MLD may be slightly ...surface layer and the occurrence of intense bloom of phytoplankton in the warm season [25], significantly affecting the functioning of the Black Sea ...
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Climate-mediated changes to mixed-layer properties in the Southern Ocean: assessing the phytoplankton response
... Concurrent changes in ocean chemical and phys- ical properties influence phytoplankton dynamics via alter- ations in carbonate chemistry, nutrient and trace metal inven- tories and upper ocean light ...
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Mixed-phase layer clouds
... Total depth of well-mixed layer is 500m, so at this rate available ice nuclei are completely depleted in about 1 hr. But we sampled in situ for 4 hours, and flux at end was similar to that at the ...
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The oceanographic and geochemical effects of mixed layer depth variability and increasing anthropogenic CO₂ on the inorganic carbon system of the Coral Sea
... No mixed layer study has previously focused on the Coral Sea ...result, mixed layer characteristics and variability on seasonal and longer timescales within the Coral Sea is not well ...future ...
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The role of local atmospheric forcing on the modulation of the ocean mixed layer depth in reanalysis and a coupled single column ocean model
... Spatial correlation (r) between the seasonal change of the forcing variable and the MLD (relative to the annual mean as in Fig 12b) is shown at the top left corner of the corresponding[r] ...
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Sensitivity of remote sensing – derived phytoplankton productivity to mixed layer depth: Lessons from the carbon-based productivity model
... and depth-dependent variations in light properties, phytoplankton biomass and growth rate [Westberry et ...This depth- and wavelength- resolved (DWR) CbPM was also subjected to MLD pertur- bations by ...
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Forecasting the mixed-layer depth in the Northeast Atlantic: an ensemble approach, with uncertainties based on data from operational ocean forecasting systems
... the mixed-layer forecast (bottom panel in ...the mixed layer (typically for the 5 or 6 days which are not included in this ...the mixed layer is greater than ...the ...
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