Compensation of horizontal temperature and salinity gradients in the ocean mixed layer

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作者
Rudnick, DL [1 ]
Ferrari, R [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1126/science.283.5401.526
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Establishment of the temperature-salinity relationship in the ocean has concerned oceanographers for decades because of its importance for understanding ocean circulation. High-resolution measurements in the ocean mixed Layer are used to show that temperature and salinity gradients on horizontal scales of 20 meters to 10 kilometers tend to compensate in their effect on density. These observations support the notion of a horizontal mixing in the mixed Layer that depends on density gradient.
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