A seasonal climatology of the upper ocean pycnocline

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Guillaume Sérazin, Anne Marie Tréguier, Clément de Boyer Montégut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: upper ocean stratification; mixed layer depth; boundary layer; air-sea exchanges; seasonal variability; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Rockall Plateau; Antarc*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1120112; https://doaj.org/article/4384de4b7f544f6d8f5885faf7ed6628

Climatologies of the mixed layer depth (MLD) have been provided using several definitions based on temperature/density thresholds or hybrid approaches. The upper ocean pycnocline (UOP) that sits below the mixed layer base remains poorly characterized, though this transition layer is an ubiquitous fe...