Publication Date:
2016-05-10
Description:
The temporal changes in the low-frequency thermal structure during a two-week period in August-September 1978 are discussed from moored data collected during the JASIN experiment. While some changes in the thermal structure appear to be related to local winds, the dominant low-frequency variability in the seasonal thermocline can be explained as horizontal advection of a spatially varying temperature field, and associated thermal wind, by geostrophic currents with little vertical motion or mixing required.
Type:
Article
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PeerReviewed
Format:
text
DOI:
10.1175/1520-0485(1980)010〈1686:HAOTIT〉2.0.CO;2