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    Summer
    (August 15) mixed layer 
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    thickness
    is qualitatively similar 
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    among
    the three simulations that 
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    used
    K-T mixing. Both of the KPP 
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    simulated
    fields plus the observations 
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    have
    thinner mixed layers than the 
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    K-T
    simulations in the mid-latitude 
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    Northern
    Hemisphere. 
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