Simulations of chlorofluorocarbons in and around the Sea of Okhotsk: Effects of tidal mixing and brine rejection on the ventilation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Uchimoto, K ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Nishioka, J ^a   Mitsudera, H ^a   Yamamoto Kawai, M ^b,c   Misumi, K ^d   Tsumune, D ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBONS; MIXING; SEA ICE; VENTILATION;

BRINE REJECTIONS; DENSE SHELF WATER; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; KURIL ISLAND; NORTH PACIFIC; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEA ICE MODELS; SEA OF OKHOTSK; TIDAL MIXING; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

BRINE; CFC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; TIDAL CYCLE; VENTILATION;

KURIL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 79952296988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006487     Document Type: Article

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