In tropical and temperate latitudes, the temperature of ocean water in the thermocline (well-mixed in water, about 100 meters deep under the surface) fell in the most obvious.

• 在热带及温带纬度地区，大洋海水的温度在温跃层(位于海水充分混合、深达100公尺左右的表层之下)下降得最为明显。