MIXED LAYER definition

MIXED LAYER means that part of a lake that is well-mixed by wind action and can be expected to have relatively homogeneous physical and chemical conditions. In a thermally stratified lake, the mixed layer corresponds to the epilimnion; in an unstratified lake, the mixed layer extends to the bottom. The vertical extent of the mixed layer usually is determined by inspection of a vertical profile of temperature.

Examples of MIXED LAYER in a sentence

  • IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE ASSUMPTION OF A 10-CM THICK MIXED LAYER TRANSLATES TO A COMPARATIVELY NONPROTECTIVE (I.E.,NON-CONSERVATIVE) CAP THICKNESS.

  • SEDIMENTATION RATE, DEPTH OF THE MIXED LAYER, AND CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC DEGRADATION (OR LOSS) RATES (SIMULATED AS A FIRST ORDER PROCESS) ARE ALSO POORLY KNOWN.

  • THAT IS, SURFACE SEDIMENTS THAT UNDERGO NATURAL RECOVERY ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ATTAINED THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVE WHEN CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS IN THE MIXED LAYER (UPPER 10-CM) MEET LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES; HOWEVER, SEDIMENTS THAT ARE NOT PREDICTED TO UNDERGO SUFFICIENT RECOVERY IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME ARE SUBJECT TO BURIAL WITH A 3- TO 6-FOOT LAYER OF CLEAN SEDIMENTS.

  • MIXED LAYER VARIABILITY ALONG THE EAST COAST OF SRI LANKA DURING NOVEMBER 2014 AND 2015Akila Harishchandra1*, S.U. P Jinadasa1 and K.

  • SEASONAL CHANGES IN THE HEAT STORAGE AND DEPTH OF THE MIXED LAYER IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

  • LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION IS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR LARGE-SCALE UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION...AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INTENSE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ENVIRONMENT WITH MEAN MIXED LAYER CAPE UP TO 2000 J/KG.

  • Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies – Scientific ReportJCA3 - OBSERVATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE SEASONAL CYCLE OF MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN (J.

Related to MIXED LAYER

  • Unimproved Land means land on which no development (other than improvements that are not material and are temporary in nature) has occurred.

  • Half-value layer (HVL) means the thickness of specified material which attenuates the beam of radiation to an extent such that the AKR is reduced by one-half of its original value. In this definition, the contribution of all scattered radiation, other than any which might be present initially in the beam concerned, is deemed to be excluded.