Abstract

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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