{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"WC-679","name":"Mesoscale Lens","parent":"WC-674","scope":"Hydroform: 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."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"WC-674","name":"Water Mass","parent":"WC-C012","scope":"Hydroform Class: The Water Mass Hydroform Class refers to a parcel of water with homogeneous properties (e.g., chemical, physical). ..."},{"code":"WC-C012","name":"Hydroform","parent":"WC-C001","scope":null},{"code":"WC-C001","name":"Water Column","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"WC-696","name":"Meddy","parent":"WC-679","scope":"Hydroform Type: A lens of water that enters the eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean Sea, flows down the Continental slope and pinches off at the depth of neutral buoyancy, about 1,000 meters. ..."},{"code":"WC-695","name":"River\/Estuary Plume","parent":"WC-679","scope":"Hydroform Type: Formation of water resulting from the discharge of low-salinity water into marine waters of the ocean, forming a distinct layer of water on top of the seawater due to its lower density. ..."}],"rt":[]}