To do so, Yalan Zhang, of China's National University of Defense Technology, and colleagues used models to simulate different ocean mixed layer depth (2 m, 5 m, 10 m, 15 m, 20 m, 50 m and 100 m ...

Are Long-Term Changes in Mixed Layer Depth Influencing North Pacific Marine Heatwaves? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021; 102 (1): S59 DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0144.1; ...

Interactions between the atmosphere and ocean are mediated by the mixed layer at the ocean surface. The depth of this layer is determined by wind forcing and heating from the atmosphere.

This was seen even in 2019 during the Northwest Pacific marine heatwave, when the mixed layer depth reached a record low because of higher winds and stronger surface heating.

Jan. 28, 2021 — When thick, the surface layer of the ocean acts as a buffer to extreme marine heating -- but a new study shows this 'mixed layer' is becoming shallower each year. The thinner it ...

T.M. Shaun Johnston, Dipanjan Chaudhuri, Manikandan Mathur, Daniel L. Rudnick, Debasis Sengupta, Harper L. Simmons, Amit Tandon, R. Venkatesan, Decay Mechanisms of Near-Inertial Mixed Layer ...

"The record shallow mixed layers seen in 2023 seem to have been bolstered by a long-term mixed layer shoaling trend observed in the North Atlantic, one that is projected to continue into the future.

Based on a second-order turbulence mixed layer model, Dr. Tiejun LING, senior scientist of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, China (NMEFC), and his research team, have ...

Instead, atmospheric heat made a direct transfer into a shallow, mixed layer of the ocean, driving extreme surface warming. A key factor, the team found, was a pattern of unusually weak winds during ...