Pacific ventilation of the Arctic Ocean's lower halocline by upwelling and diapycnal mixing over the continental margin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Woodgate, Rebecca A ^a   Aagaard, Knut ^a   Swift, James H ^b   Falkner, Kelly K ^c   Smethie Jr , William M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MIXING; OXYGEN; SALINE WATER; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ARCTIC VENTILATION; DIAPYCNAL MIXING PROCESS; HALOCLINE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HALOCLINE; MIXING; VENTILATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 27744491384     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023999     Document Type: Article

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