Diagnosing ocean tracer transport from Sellafield and Dounreay by equivalent diffusion and age

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 805-814

  Orre, Steinar ^a,b   Gao, Yongqi ^a,b,c   Drange, Helge ^a,b,c,d   Deleersnijder, Eric ^e  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age tracers; Dounreay; Equivalent diffusion; Passive tracers; Sella field

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049085583     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0805-y     Document Type: Article

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