Surface layer mixing during the SAGE ocean fertilization experiment

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 776-785

  Stevens, Craig ^a   Ward, Brian ^b,c   Law, Cliff ^a   Walkington, Matt ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Iron fertilization; Mixed layer depth; SAGE; Stratification; Surface layer; Turbulent mixing; Vertical eddy diffusivity

Indexed keywords

IRON FERTILIZATION; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; SAGE; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL EDDY DIFFUSIVITY;

DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; SHOCK TUBES; SILICATES;

SURFACES;

DATA SET; DISPLACEMENT; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED LAYER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PYCNOCLINE; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENT MIXING; VESSEL;

EID: 79952488696     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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