Early spring turbulent mixing in an ice-covered Arctic fjord during transition to melting

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1980-1999

  Fer, Ilker ^a   Widell, Karolina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Fast ice; Fjords; Mixing; Svalbard; Turbulence; Van Mijenfjorden

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BUOYANCY; FJORD; HEAT FLUX; ICE COVER; KINETIC ENERGY; MELTING; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34547805197     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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