Improved constraints on transit time distributions from argon 39: A maximum entropy approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Holzer, Mark ^a,b   Primeau, Franois W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENTROPY;

CYCLOSTATIONARY; DECONVOLUTIONS; MASS FRACTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; MEAN AGES; NONUNIQUENESS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER MASS;

ARGON;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CFC; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; DIFFUSION; ENTROPY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHOSPHATE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650278872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006410     Document Type: Article

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