layer depth


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layer depth

The depth from the surface of the sea to the point above the first major negative thermocline at which sound velocity is maximum.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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It can be found that the characteristic period of the seismic response spectrum gradually increases with the increase of the soil layer depth, while the growth rate decreases with the increasing overburden thickness.
Li, "Detection, variations and intercomparison of the planetary boundary layer depth from radiosonde, lidar and infrared spectrometer," Atmospheric Environment, vol.
Environmental conditions were assessed in the field by measuring elevation, active layer depth, organic layer depth, and soil conductivity along the same transects used for vegetation sampling.
The mixed layer depth shoals to 15 m in the west of Isabella and Fernandina Islands, which indicates the upper reach of a weakened, centrally located EUC.
The minimum smoke layer depth needs to be 20% of the floor-to-ceiling height except when an engineering analysis using full scale data, scale modeling, or CFD modeling indicates otherwise.
* Second layer: This layer depth of 4 to 16.5 m from the classified to fine clay and silt (CL, CL-ML) with layers of sand with clay and silt (SM,SC).