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Mesoscale Lens

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016999

A trapped, homogeneous parcel of water lying within (or atop) larger ocean fields due to density differences. These hydroforms are 30 - 300 kilometers in size.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016999
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016999",
  "term": "Mesoscale Lens",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A trapped, homogeneous parcel of water lying within (or atop) larger ocean fields due to density differences. These hydroforms are 30 - 300 kilometers in size.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mesoscale-lens/"
}

Record 16,999 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.