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mixed layer

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mixed layer [′mikst ′lāยทər]
(oceanography)
The layer of water which is mixed through wave action or thermohaline convection. Also known as surface water.


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999 West We've entered a Langmuir windrow, a series of circular countercurrents that meet, sweeping mixed layer subsurface materials to the top, into a sort of oceanic river, visible as a slick on the ocean surface.
Observations of sea surface temperature (SST) where there was ocean mixed layer (OML) at 5 feet below surface showed a day night temperature difference of 1.
Hastings District Council selected a mix of EX3200 and 4200 Ethernet switches that enabled an easy migration toward a mixed Layer 2 / Layer 3 environment to support a host of applications including IP Telephony across their fiber-based metro area network.
 
 
 
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