Continuous Models of the Ventilated Thermocline
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c
-60
-50
-.30
-20
Mixed Loyer Depth
50~========================~-----,
400
45
250---~
40
J5t:~----------: ,
; .30~------~·
.s
25r=-----20
50
15
10~-----~--------~--------~----------._ ________ _.~ d
-60
-50
-.30
-20
b Contours of the barotropic Sverdrup streamfunction for the Ekman pumping of a. Units are
sverdrups (10 6 m 3 s- 1 ). c Surface density field or, equivalently, the outcrop lines of the density
surfaces used in the calculation. d Depth of the mixed layer (in meters), used in the calculation.
(From Huang 1989b)