Mixed layer analysis of a mesoscale eddy in the Antarctic Polar Front Zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cisewski, Boris ^a,b   Strass, Volker H ^a   Losch, Martin ^a   Prandke, Hartmut ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ISW Wassermesstechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT ZONE; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; DERIVED DATA; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IRON FERTILIZATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; MIXING LAYERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; THORPE SCALE; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY;

COASTAL ZONES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSCALE EDDY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; POLAR FRONT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 52949099514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004372     Document Type: Article

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