Marine Surface Slicks: Temperature-Driven Density Anomalies Lead to Extreme Stable Stratifications at the Sea Surface

Carsten Rauch1, Samuel Mintah Ayim1, Lisa Gassen2, Leonie Jaeger2 and Oliver Wurl2, (1)Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Center for Marine Sensors (ZfMarS), Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Wilhelmshaven, Germany, (2)Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Center for Marine Sensors (ZfMarS), Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Wilhelmshaven, Germany