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Concept: Fronts in full salinity water column in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A7.A
Preferred label Fronts in full salinity water column
Definition A water column which is unmixed or only partially mixed because the depth of the water body is greater than the depth of mixing. Salinity is the same as that in adjacent seawater. Horizontal gradients give rise to fronts, which are separated at level 4 by the degree of persistence of the stratification – ephemeral such as eddies, gyres and upwellings; seasonal upwellings; or persistent water mass interfaces.
Notation A7.A
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note
  • Proposed new unit (Galway working group April 2001)
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Has exact match