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SUBMITTER: Liu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865879 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Liu Chuanyu C Köhl Armin A Liu Zhiyu Z Wang Fan F Stammer Detlef D
Nature communications 20160512
Vertical mixing is an important factor in determining the temperature, sharpness and depth of the equatorial Pacific thermocline, which are critical to the development of El Ninõ and Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Yet, properties, dynamical causes and large-scale impacts of vertical mixing in the thermocline are much less understood than that nearer the surface. Here, based on Argo float and the Tropical Ocean and Atmosphere (TAO) mooring measurements, we identify a large number of thermocline mix ...[more]