Internal waves and mixing in the marginal ice zone near the yermak plateau

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1613-1630

  Fer, Ilker ^a   Skogseth, Ragnheid ^b   Geyer, Florian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Ice shelves; Internal waves; Mixing

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; COLD SIDE; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DIFFUSIVITIES; DISSIPATION RATES; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; HEAT BUDGET; ICE SHELVES; INTERNAL WAVES; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MIDLATITUDES; NOISE LEVELS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REGIONAL COOLING; SPECTRAL COMPOSITION; STRONG STRATIFICATION; SVALBARD; THICK LAYERS; TURBULENT MIXING; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVEFIELDS; WEST SPITSBERGEN CURRENTS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION; HYDROLOGY; ICE; MOORING; NAVIGATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIME SERIES;

MIXING;

EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE SHELF; INTERNAL WAVE; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; OCEANIC CURRENT; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WAVE FIELD;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WEST SPITSBERGEN CURRENT; YERMAK PLATEAU;

EID: 78049295192     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4371.1     Document Type: Article

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