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| == thermocline ==
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| <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A vertical [[temperature]] gradient, in some layer of a body of water, that is appreciably greater than the gradients above and below it; also a layer in which such a [[gradient]] occurs.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The permanent thermocline refers to the thermocline not affected by the seasonal and [[diurnal]] changes in the surface forcing; it is therefore located below the yearly maximum depth of the [[mixed layer]] and the influence of the [[atmosphere]]. The seasonal thermocline refers to the thermocline not affected by the diurnal changes in the surface forcing. In general, it is established each year by heating of the [[surface water]] in the summer, and is destroyed the following winter by cooling at the surface and wind-driven [[mixing]]. The diurnal thermocline refers to the thermocline that, in general, is established each day by heating of the surface water and is destroyed the following night by cooling and/or mixing. <br/>''See also'' [[transition layer]].</div><br/> </div>
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