Isopycnals /ˌaɪsəˈpɪknl/ are layers within the ocean that are stratified based on their densities and can be shown as a line connecting points of a specific...
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{\frac {d\rho }{d\Theta }}|_{S}\,d\Theta } The isopycnal gradient of spiciness should equal to the isopycnal gradient of temperature and salinity by multiplication...
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on the 26.81 isopycnal in the subarctic cyclonic gyre and there appeared to be a slow exchange of tritium (relative to shallower isopycnals) between this...
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Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline Thermohaline...
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RAFOS float (section The isopycnal model)
balanced, the float will remain in a constant pressure field. The aim of an isopycnal float is to follow the density planes, that is to attain neutral buoyancy...
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to a decrease in the flux of silicon associated with advection across isopycnal surfaces. This phenomenon demonstrates the potential for localized alterations...
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density. Isopycnal models have a subtle difference with layered models. The main difference is whether the model allows the vanishing of the isopycnals. For...
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Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline Thermohaline...
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salinity. Lutocline - A cline based on difference in water turbidity. Isopycnal Oceanography Thin layers (oceanography) Anand Gnanadesikan. 1999. A simple...
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body of water that contains concentrations of salts greater than the sea Isopycnal – Line connecting points of a specific density or potential density Osmotic...
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in T-S diagrams. Each contour is known as an isopycnal, or a region of constant density. These isopycnals appear curved because of the nonlinearity of...
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components of the wind as they increase or decrease the geostrophic wind. An isopycnal is a line of constant density. An isoheight or isohypse is a line of constant...
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mediated by the sea ice pack, leads to Ekman pumping, downwelling of isopycnal surfaces, and storage of ~20,000 km3 of freshwater in the upper few hundred...
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Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline Thermohaline...
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tube-shaped region in the atmosphere where isobaric (constant pressure) and isopycnal (constant density) surfaces intersect, causing vertical circulation. They...
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nutrient inventory in the upper northern South China Sea: Insights from an isopycnal mixing model". Biogeosciences. 10: 6939–6972. doi:10.5194/bgd-10-6939-2013...
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isopycnals. Two primary mechanisms transport surface waters to depth: the adiabatic tilting and relaxation of these isopycnals, and along-isopycnal flow...
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and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean" (DIMES), a field program of the United States and the United Kingdom to measure isopycnal (horizontal)...
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forced by surface buoyancy fluxes. Via isopycnals, tracers are transferred from the deep to the surface. Isopycnal slopes are key for determining the depth...
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Simulation of the Atlantic circulation with a coupled sea ice-mixed layer-isopycnal general circulation model, part I: model description. Journal of Physical...
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depth is measured), but phytoplankton experience displacement due to isopycnals moving them tens of meters. Photophosphorylation Critical depth CO2 fertilization...
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stratified through density. At rest, surfaces of constant density (known as isopycnals in the ocean) will be parallel to surfaces of constant pressure (isobars)...
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properties in a specific area. They are generally sent to depth at a specific isopycnal, or line of constant density, before beginning measurements. This depth...
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