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A MARKED discontinuity in the sea surface temperature with horizontal gradients up to 1° C km−1 is often observed in the western Irish Sea during the summer. This feature is the boundary between stratified and vertically mixed regimes1. Here we describe observations by airborne radiation thermometer (ART) and conventional methods, and suggest a simple model accounting for the observed form and stable position of the front.
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Simpson, J. H., Deep-Sea Res., 18, 309 (1971).
Hunter, J. R., thesis University College of North Wales, Bangor (1972).
Bowden, K. F., The Physical Oceanography of the Irish Sea, Fish. Invest., Series II, XVIII, No. 8 (1955).
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SIMPSON, J., HUNTER, J. Fronts in the Irish Sea. Nature 250, 404–406 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250404a0
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