The near-surface layer of the ocean

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This book treats the structure and variability of basic physical fields in a thin near-surface layer which responds quickly to all short-term and local fluctuations of atmospheric forcing and of radiative solar energy flux. The book contains up-to-date information on different phenomena and processes in this layer based on research conducted over the last ten years. The following topics are treated in detail: basic types of vertical thermal structure of near-surface layers; anomalous phenomena on the ocean surface; thermal and haline boundary layers, its structures and relations to convection. Read more... Abstract: Deals with the structure and variablity of basic physical fields in a thin near-surface layer which responds quickly to all short-term and local fluctuations of atmosphere forcing and of radiative solar energy flux. Included is information on different phenomena and processes in this layer. Read more...