Estimation of Mixed Layer Depth in the Gulf of Aden: A New Approach
Fig 1
Typical temperature profile to show the procedure of segment method.
sig30 (standard deviation for every lower 30 m water column), sig10 (standard deviation for every lower 10 m water column), gradient (with respect to lower 5 m interval) and curvature of temperature are plotted in green, sky-blue, red and blue colors respectively. Horizontal lines with upward and downward pointed triangle marks top and bottom ends of profile segment. Dashed lines represent MLD by curvature method (red), MLD by segment method (green) and first guess MLD (black). Important depths are marked as P1, P2 etc. and are explained in text.