Inferring upwelling rates in the equatorial Atlantic using 7Be measurements in the upper ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-657

  Kadko, David ^a   Johns, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean mixing; Ocean tracers; Radioisotopes; Tropical Atlantic; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM-7; HEAT BUDGET; INDIRECT METHODS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OCEAN MIXING; OCEAN SURFACES; OCEAN TRACERS; RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; UPPER OCEAN; UPWELLING; UPWELLING RATES; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY;

BERYLLIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; STREAM FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DILUTION; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; SUBDUCTION; THERMOCLINE; TRACER; UPWELLING; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 79956270716     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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