Weather Glossary Definition (English)
Thermocline Defined
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"As one descends from the surface of the ocean the temperature remains nearly the same as it was at the surface. Soon, however, one encounters a zone in which temperature starts decreasing rapidly with depth. This zone is called the thermocline. The thermocline is important because it can support large scale waves which play a major role in ENSO. In studying the tropical Pacific Ocean, the depth of 20C water ("the 20C isotherm") is often used as a proxy for the depth of the thermocline. Along the equator, the 20C isotherm is typically located at about 50m depth in the eastern pacific, sloping downwards to about 150 m in the western Pacific."
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