Auxiliary Material for Paper 2011JC007382

Temperature versus salinity gradients below the ocean mixed layer

R. W. Helber, A. B. Kara, J. G. Richman,  M. R. Carnes, C. N. Barron, and H. E. Hurlburt
Oceanography Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA

T. P. Boyer
NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA


Helber, R. W., A. B. Kara, J. G. Richman, M. R. Carnes, C. N. Barron, H. E. Hurlburt, and T. Boyer (2012), Temperature versus salinity gradients below the ocean mixed layer, J. Geophys. Res., 117, CXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2011JC007382.


Introduction

The article 2011JC007382 contains figures representing climatological estimates only for the 
months of February, May, August, and November.  While these characterize the extremes and 
the transition months of the seasonal cycle, the rests of the monthly estimates may also 
be of interest to readers.  For completeness, all 12 months are provided in the supplemental 
material for the fields of mixed layer depth (MLD), MLD standard deviation, MLD noise sensitivity, 
isothermal gradient layer thickness (ITGLT), isohaline gradient layer thickness (IHGLT), 
compensation layer thickness (CLT), temperature and salinity control index (CI), and 
transition layer thickness (TLT). All fields are in the .pdf file 2011jc007382-txts01.pdf. Units, colors, and contour intervals are identical to the corresponding figures described in the article. 
These figures and the data used to create them are available for download indefinitely 
at the URL http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/translayer.

1. 2011jc007382-txts01.pdf
Text S1. Climatological estimates for all 12 months.