mixed layer
Americannoun
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the surface layer of water, seasonally varying in thickness, that is at almost uniform temperature owing to agitation by waves and wind.
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The researchers looked at samples taken from three levels of water: the summer mixed layer, the upper Arctic water below it and the Pacific-origin water at the deepest level.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
That abundance of dry air can be drawn eastward, forming what’s called an elevated mixed layer, or a cap of warm, dry air that suppresses storm growth during much of the day.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021
If you�re really intent on becoming your own Al Roker, you can access more in-depth information pertaining to such factors as sea-surface temperatures and mixed layer depth.
From Time Magazine Archive
This would produce a stratum of coarse sand, and the same effect might result from the blowing away of light particles out of a mixed layer, while the heavier remained undisturbed.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
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