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The Interannual Variability of the Breakdown of Fall Stratification on the New Jersey Shelf
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2018
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(9), 6503-6520
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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Description:During the seasonal evolution of stratification on the New Jersey shelf in the fall, strong thermalstratificationthatwasestablishedintheprecedingsummerisbrokendownthroughwind-drivenprocessesandsurfacecooling.TenyearsofoutputfromaRegionalOceanModelingSystemsrunanda one-dimensionalmixedlayermodelisusedheretoexaminetheinterannualvariabilityinthestrengthof thestratificationandintheprocessesthatreducestr atificationinfall.Ouranalysisshowsthatthestrength ofthestratificationattheendofthesummerisnot correlatedwiththetimingofshelfdestratification. Thisindicatesthatprocessesthatoccurwithinthe fallaremoreimportantforthetimingofstratification breakdownthanaretheinitialfallconditions.Furthermore,wind-drivenprocessesreduceagreaterfractionofthestratificationineachyearthandoesthesurfacecoolingduringthefall.Windsaffectthedensity
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(9), 6503-6520
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ISSN:2169-9275;2169-9291;
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