The Mixed Layer Under Sea Ice

Discuss the following topics using a couple of sentences to accompany the figures from your model runs.
  • By defining the halocline and thermocline, estimate the mixed layer depth in each of the model runs.
  • How does the mixed layer depth vary with season?
  • Would you expect the mixed layer depth to depend on latitude?
    What would you guess the mixed layer response is in, say, the equatorial ocean? Off Antarctica?
  • In brief, what is the effect of (a) the wind, (b) the thermal forcing and (c) the ice thickness?
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