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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

oceanic microstructure  

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  • Information Oceanic microstructure is very small-scale (inch or smaller) variations of temperature, salinity, and velocity, used to infer mixing rates due to turbulence and convection in the upper ocean.

    Created: 3/3/22

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    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    microstructure (en)

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  • Variations in the distribution of temperature, salinity and velocity on a scale of 10 cm or less (en)

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