Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

E-W Transect: Temperature

E-W Transact: Temperature

This clearly demonstrates that the heating by input of light energy leads to thermal vertical stratification during summer.This stratification minimizes the vertical transport between a bottom layer and the surface layer. The dynamics show that in shallow areas the water temperature is more affected by the air temperature than in deep areas.

 

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