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Fig. 5.17
Continued
λ
increases with distance from the boundary until it reaches a limiting value de-
terminedbythe dynamicplanetarydepth,whichtypifieseddiesinthe remainderof
the well mixed layer. Any changes in density structure will come from mixing in
theupperpycnocline,withscales
u
∗
p
(thesquarerootofturbulentstressmagnitude