FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Mixed and mixing layer depths in the ocean surface boundary layer under conditions of diurnal stratification
BT 
AF SUTHERLAND, G.
   REVERDIN, Gilles
   MARIE, Louis
   WARD, Ben
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3,4;4:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LPO;4:;
C1 Natl Univ Ireland, Sch Phys, Galway, Ireland
   Univ Paris 06, Univ Sorbonne,Paris VI Denis Diderot Univ, Denis Diderot Univ,CNRS,IRD,MNHN, LOCEAN,Inst Pierre Simon Lapl Expt & Approches Nu, F-75252 Paris 05, France
   UBO, IRD, IFREMER, Lab Phys Oceans,UMR 6523,CNRS, Plouzane, France
   Ifremer, France
C2 UNIV NATL IRELAND, IRELAND
   UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   UBO, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-LPO
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
IF 4.196
TC 33
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00240/35101/33594.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR STRASSE
BO Thalassa
DE ;ocean surface boundary layer;mixed and mixing layer depths;buoyancy
AB A comparison between mixed (MLD) and mixing (XLD) layer depths is presented from the SubTRopical Atlantic Surface Salinity Experiment (STRASSE) cruise in the subtropical Atlantic. This study consists of 400 microstructure profiles during fairly calm and moderate conditions (2 < U10 < 10 m s−1) and strong solar heating O(1000 W m−2). The XLD is determined from a decrease in the turbulent dissipation rate to an assumed background level. Two different thresholds for the background dissipation level are tested, 10−8 and 10−9 m2 s−3, and these are compared with the MLD as calculated using a density threshold. The larger background threshold agrees with the MLD during restratification but only extends to half the MLD during nighttime convection, while the lesser threshold agrees well during convection but is deeper by a factor of 2 during restratification. Observations suggest the use of a larger density threshold to determine the MLD in a buoyancy driven regime.
PY 2014
PD DEC
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 41
IS 23
UT 000348462000042
BP 8469
EP 8476
DI 10.1002/2014GL061939
ID 35101
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