Mixed and mixing layer depths in the ocean surface boundary layer under conditions of diurnal stratification

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8469-8476

  Sutherland, G ^a   Reverdin, G ^b   Marie L ^c   Ward, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

buoyancy; mixed and mixing layer depths; ocean surface boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; MIXING;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DENSITY THRESHOLD; DISSIPATION LEVEL; MIXING LAYERS; OCEAN SURFACES; RESTRATIFICATION; SURFACE SALINITIES; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUOYANCY; DENSITY; DISSIPATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84921549798     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061939     Document Type: Article

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