Hydrogen peroxide as a natural tracer of mixing in surface layers

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-186

  Scully, Norman M ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^a   Lean, David R S ^b   MacIntyre, Sally ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy diffusion coefficient; H2O2; Lakes; Mixing; Tracer; UV

Indexed keywords

EDDY DIFFUSION; EPILIMNION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MIXING; TRACER;

NORTH ANERICA, GREAT LAKES;

EID: 0031922380     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270050033     Document Type: Article

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