Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4535224 | Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Airborne infrared and synthetic aperture radar imagery collected over the Gulf Stream are used to examine the surface patterns of small-scale thermal convection and wind-driven Langmuir circulation. These patterns have a thermal contrast of ∼0.25 °C, which is roughly an order of magnitude larger than predicted by large-eddy simulations but consistent with the effect on surface temperature of surfactant accumulations induced by mixed-layer eddies.
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Authors
George O. Marmorino, Geoffrey B. Smith, Jakov V. Toporkov, Mark A. Sletten, Dragana Perkovic, Stephen J. Frasier,