Abstract
The fine structure of the summer thermocline in the Mediterranean Sea around Malta, investigated by a new temperature-gradient meter and by photographs of dye tracers, is summarized. The principal internal feature of the thermocline is a series of thin, laminar-flowsheetsof high static stability, separated by weakly turbulentlayersof only moderate density gradient and a few metres thick. A mechanism for generating the patches of turbulence observed on these thermocline sheets is established by comparing dye photographs with a theory by Miles & Howard (1964).
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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