Article: A Diagnostic Model for Mixed Layer Depth Estimation with Application to Ocean Station P in the Northeast Pacific

Article: Radar Reflectivity-Based Estimates of Mixed Layer ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the potential for estimating mixed layer depth by taking advantage of the radial ... radially outward from the radar as mixed layer depth increases. A comparison of ... Introduction Estimates of mixed layer depth are routinely used to model ...

Article: Influence of large-scale initial oceanic mixed ...
Monthly Weather Review;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... spatial variations of the oceanic mixed layer depth (OMLD) on tropical cyclones ... initial distribution of the mixed layer depth. Consistent with earlier studies ... tends to reduce the oceanic mixed layer depth (OMLD), wind-induced turbulent ...

Article: Estimating mixed layer depth from oceanic ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 2002) ABSTRACT Estimates of mixed layer depth are important to a wide variety ... turbulent dissipation measurements, mixed layer depth is commonly derived from oceanic ... often yield different values for mixed layer depth. In this paper, a new method ...

Article: The detection of mixed layer depth and ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... presented for the extraction of mixed layer depth and entrainment zone thickness ... of the fit yields values for mixed layer depth and entrainment zone thickness ... 1988). In this case, the mixed layer depth (MLD) is of primary importance ...

Article: Effects of the Mixed Layer Time Variability on ...
Journal of Physical Oceanography;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... rapidly (~1-2 months) as the mixed layer depth decreases in spring, consistent ... between the velocity field and the mixed layer depth. Stommel (1979) was the first ... a mixed layer cycle and the mixed layer depth is a snapshot of its late ...

Article: Climatological SST and MLD Predictions from a Global Layered ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... temperature (SST) and surface ocean mixed layer depth (MLD) over the global ocean ... temperature (SST) and ocean mixed layer depth (MLD) variability and the ... mixed layer increases as the mixed layer depth increases (Li and Garrett 1997 ...

Article: A One-Dimensional Mixed Layer Ocean Model for Use ...
Journal of Climate;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... of the seasonal variation of mixed layer depth and convective instability on ... salinity and calculates the mixed layer depth and the entrainment of waters ... layer salinity S^sub m^, and mixed layer depth h^sub m^ using both vertical ...