Thermocline

By

Miles M.

The thermocline is the transition layer between the mixed layer at the surface and the deep water layer. The definitions of these layers are based on temperature. The mixed layer is near the surface where the temperature is roughly that of surface water.

I got my information from this web page

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/thermocline.rxml?hret=/indexlist.rxml


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