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Derivation and assessment of a mixed layer sub-mesoscale model
... convection has been recently demonstrated by Levy et al. (2009, Fig. 9) who point out a better agreement with the new mixed layer data by Boyer Montegut et al. (2004) south of the WBC (Western Boundary ...
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The sensitivity of primary productivity to intra-seasonal mixed layer variability in the sub-Antarctic Zone of the Atlantic Ocean
... the mixed layer, which entrain limiting nutrients (primarily Fe) from below the euphotic zone, and subsequent stabili- sation shallower than the critical NCP depth to alleviate light limitation that ...
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Measurement of turbulence in the oceanic mixed layer using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
... process constructed in this study, and similar numerical simulations of turbulence at the ocean-atmosphere interface using DNS and LES (Large Eddy Simulation) and relation- ships with gas exchange, for example Banerjee ...
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Using dissolved oxygen concentrations to determine mixed layer depths in the Bellingshausen Sea
... anisms for the formation and destruction of barrier layers in the Southern Ocean are not well understood (de Boyer Mont ´egut et al., 2007). Our results showed that barrier layers were present in 43 % of the CTD ...
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Mixed layer variability and chlorophyll <i>a</i> biomass in the Bay of Bengal
... shallow mixed layer in the region encompassing the southern part of the peninsular India and Sri Lanka was due to the upwelling associated with positive wind stress curl, while the band of deep mixed ...
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Physical and chemical properties of the regional mixed layer of Mexico's Megapolis
... 0.050 ppm. These results were the motivation for a follow-on study at the same site but incorporating a larger suite of in- struments. This study was conducted in March, 2006 during the Megacities Initiative: Local And ...
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Description and implementation of a MiXed Layer model (MXL, v1.0) for the dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer in the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy)
... the MiXed Layer (MXL) model for the diurnal dynamics of the convective boundary layer, including explicit representations of entrainment and surface ...
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Sea surface height and mixed layer depth responses to sea surface temperature in northwestern Pacific subtropical front zone from spring to summer
... To investigate the vertical structure of upper layer, the global Temperature and Salin- ity Profile Program (GTSPP) “Best Cop” data are used. The data include the full- resolution data from XBTs or CTDs from the ...
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MetUM-GOML: a near-globally coupled atmosphere–ocean-mixed-layer model
... ing variability in SST is shown to slightly narrow the Southern Hemisphere sub-tropical jet, while coupling is shown to warm and dry above the boundary layer, cool the upper- troposphere and reduce the upper-level ...
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Evolution of anthropogenic pollution at the top of the regional mixed layer in the central Mexico plateau
... boundary layer become more stable, cutting off the principle source of energy and initiating the decrease in the mixed level ...residual layer with higher ...
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Braz. j. oceanogr. vol.65 número2
... and temperatures using the multivariable moored system (MVMS) at the Bermuda testbed mooring site during Hurricane Felix (1995). Their data analysis indicates an increase in kinetic energy, mixed layer ...
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Changes in microplanktonic protists assemblages promoted by the thermocline induced stratification around an oceanic archipelago
... surface mixed layer and in the subsurface ...surface mixed layer varied between 18-63 ...surface mixed layer in the upper 100 m of the water ...
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Wind-induced upwelling in the Kerguelen Plateau region
... The findings of this study show that the ocean response to wind in the Kerguelen region is characteristic of the large- scale Southern Ocean. High wind speeds correlate with cold SSTs (when controlled for air–sea fluxes ...
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Iron profiles and speciation of the upper water column at the Bermuda Atlantic time-series Study site: a model based sensitivity study
... the role of iron speciation in it, an aspect so far neglected in most models. One out- come of this work is the identification of parameters that need to be better constrained in order to improve the prediction of ...
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SUBDUCTION OF SOUTH ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS
... In the South Atlantic ocean, the first STMW description was presented by McCartney (1977), who identified a mode water with temperatures between 12 and 13.5 ◦ C in the Subtropical Front. Tsuchiya et al. (1994) described ...
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An optimised method for correcting quenched fluorescence yield
... To correct for this, surface values collected between dawn and dusk were “filled in” with maximum values from the depth of Z eu . For comparative analysis, the same data were then corrected from the depth of the ...
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Salinity-induced mixed and barrier layers in the southwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean off the northeast of Brazil
... by the spatial and the seasonal variability of the upper ocean heat budget. It is specu- lated that this variability is mostly driven by ocean-atmosphere exchange and horizontal advection/vertical diffusion terms, and ...
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An isopycnic ocean carbon cycle model
... rates discussed in Sect. 3.1. In addition, uptake in the high latitude sink regions of the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Southern Ocean is generally overestimated. Reasons for this are likely associated with the ...
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Corrigendum to "Nonlinear dynamics approach to the predictability of the Cane–Zebiak coupled ocean–atmosphere model" published in Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 21, 155–163, 2014
... the mixed layer thermodynamics equation for SST, a ther- mocline depth equation for upper ocean dynamics, along with SST–gradient-wind relation, and the wind–equatorial- upwelling ...
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