Oceans and seas:Bottom Ekman Layer
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: October 26, 2011, 10:15 am
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The Bottom Ekman Layer (BEL) is the lowest of three layers into which the bottom 1000 meters of the ocean waters are sometimes divided, with the other two being the Benthic Nepheloid Layer (BNL) and the Bottom Mixed Layer (BML). The height of the turbulent BEL depends on the near–bottom current speed and varies in time.
See also
Further reading
- Physical Oceanography Index
- H. Klein and E. Mittelstaedt. Currents and dispersion in the abyssal Northeast Atlantic. Results from the NOAMP field program. DSR, 39:1727–1745, 1992.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Contributing Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Bottom Ekman Layer". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date October 26, 2011; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bottom_Ekman_Layer?topic=49523>
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The Bottom Ekman Layer (BEL) is the lowest of three layers into which the bottom 1000 meters of the ocean waters are sometimes divided, with the other two being the Benthic Nepheloid Layer (BNL) and the Bottom Mixed Layer (BML). The height of the turbulent BEL depends on the near–bottom current speed and varies in time.
See also
Further reading
- Physical Oceanography Index
- H. Klein and E. Mittelstaedt. Currents and dispersion in the abyssal Northeast Atlantic. Results from the NOAMP field program. DSR, 39:1727–1745, 1992.
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