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Some aspects of the upper ocean layer dynamics are considered, including the Ekman transport, the relation of the thickness of the quasi-homogeneous layer to the thickness of the layer of rotation of the drift current vector, and the correlation between the level of the turbulent energy dissipation and the thickness of the quasi-homogeneous layer.
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Original Russian Text © I.D. Lozovatskii, S.M. Shapovalov, E. Roget, 2006, published in Okeanologiya, 2006, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 5–13.
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Lozovatskii, I.D., Shapovalov, S.M. & Roget, E. Ageostrophic dynamics of the upper ocean layer: Measurements over the transatlantic section along 53° N. Oceanology 46, 1–9 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437006010012
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