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Acoustic mapping of...
Acoustic mapping of mixed layer depth
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- Stranne, Christian (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper
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- Mayer, L. (author)
- University of New Hampshire
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- Jakobsson, Martin (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper
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- Weidner, E. (author)
- University of New Hampshire
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- Jerram, K. (author)
- University of New Hampshire
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- Weber, T. C. (author)
- University of New Hampshire
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- Anderson, Leif G, 1951 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för marina vetenskaper,Department of marine sciences,University of Gothenburg
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- Nilsson, Johan (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU)
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- Björk, Göran, 1956 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för marina vetenskaper,Department of marine sciences,University of Gothenburg
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- Gårdfeldt, Katarina, 1959 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- 2018-06-22
- 2018
- English.
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In: Ocean Science. - : Copernicus GmbH. - 1812-0784 .- 1812-0792. ; 14:3, s. 503-514
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Abstract
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- The ocean surface mixed layer is a nearly universal feature of the world oceans. Variations in the depth of the mixed layer (MLD) influences the exchange of heat, fresh water (through evaporation), and gases between the atmosphere and the ocean and constitutes one of the major factors controlling ocean primary production as it affects the vertical distribution of biological and chemical components in near-surface waters. Direct observations of the MLD are traditionally made by means of conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) casts. However, CTD instrument deployment limits the observation of temporal and spatial variability in the MLD. Here, we present an alternative method in which acoustic mapping of the MLD is done remotely by means of commercially available ship-mounted echo sounders. The method is shown to be highly accurate when the MLD is well defined and biological scattering does not dominate the acoustic returns. These prerequisites are often met in the open ocean and it is shown that the method is successful in 95% of data collected in the central Arctic Ocean. The primary advantages of acoustically mapping the MLD over CTD measurements are (1) considerably higher temporal and horizontal resolutions and (2) potentially larger spatial coverage.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Multidisciplinär geovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- internal solitary waves
- upper-ocean
- arctic-ocean
- salinity
- sea
- variability
- model
- temperature
- simulation
- scattering
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
- Oceanography
- ice jf
- 1986
- journal of geophysical research-oceans
- v91
- p8411
- nman kl
- 1983
- limnology and oceanography
- v28
- p801
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- art (subject category)
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University of Gothenburg
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