The supply of nutrients due to vertical turbulent mixing: A study at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain study site in the northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1293-1302

  Martin, Adrian P ^a   Lucas, Michael I ^a   Painter, Stuart C ^a   Pidcock, Rosalind ^a   Prandke, Hartmut ^b   Prandke, Holger ^b   Stinchcombe, Mark C ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OT Petersdorf ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Nitrogen; North Atlantic; Parameterization; Shear; Turbulent diffusion

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVECTIVE MIXING; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; MESOSCALE; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE UPTAKE; NON-GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAINS; SHEAR; STANDARD DEVIATION; STUDY SITES; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT MIXING;

HEAT CONVECTION; MIXING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

SHOCK TUBES;

DIFFUSION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SHEAR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 82755168397     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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