Examine the temperature profile for the low latitudes (Fig. 1a). Most of the sunlight entering the ocean is absorbed very near the surface. This sun-warmed surface water mixes with cooler, deeper waters as winds, breaking waves, and turbulent currents stir the water. One result of this mixing is a surface layer having nearly uniform temperature, or isothermal, conditions. This layer is called the mixed layer. On the low-latitude profile, the mixed layerextends to a depth of approximately how many meters?

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6 January, 20:28

Examine the temperature profile for the low latitudes (Fig. 1a). Most of the sunlight entering the ocean is absorbed very near the surface. This sun-warmed surface water mixes with cooler, deeper waters as winds, breaking waves, and turbulent currents stir the water. One result of this mixing is a surface layer having nearly uniform temperature, or isothermal, conditions. This layer is called the mixed layer. On the low-latitude profile, the mixed layerextends to a depth of approximately how many meters?

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Martha Rangel · Answer 1

40 meters ...

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At low altitudes, the depth of mixed layer has a layer temperature difference of 0.2 Degrees per layer and that is constant for a mixed first layer that has a depth of 40 meters below surface. As we go down, the temperature difference of all mixed layer differ by 0.2 degrees every 40 meters ...