The shallow sea front.
Left: sketch of a shallow sea front, showing the temperature field, the associated current along the front and the surface convergence. The deeper water is to the right.
Centre: temperature in the deeper water as a function of depth, indicating the colour code for the surface mixed layer, thermocline and lower layer.
Right: Observed temperature field in a shallow sea front. The deeper water is on the left. The data are from the front in the Irish Sea seen in Figure 9.11.

Adapted from Simpson (1981).

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