Internal waves and vertical mixing in the Storfjorden Polynya, Svalbard

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Jardon, F P ^a   Bouruet Aubertot, P ^a   Cuypers, Y ^a   Vivier, F ^a   Loureno, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BAROCLINIC WAVES; BAROTROPIC TIDES; BOTTOM LAYERS; COMBINED ACTIONS; DENSE WATERS; DISSIPATION RATES; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; ENERGY FLUXES; FREQUENCY PEAK; HIGH FREQUENCY DYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; ICE FRACTURES; INTERNAL WAVE BREAKING; INTERNAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; LOCAL HEATING; MAIN FREQUENCY; PRESSURE DATA; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SEMI-DIURNAL; SURFACE LAYERS; SVALBARD; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOHALINE; TIDAL FORCING; UPPER BOUND; UPPER LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVEFIELDS;

MIXING;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC TIDE; BRINE; COOLING; DENSE WATER; DISSIPATION; DRIFTER; EDDY; ENERGY FLUX; FJORD; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERNAL WAVE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; KELVIN WAVE; MOORING SYSTEM; OVERTURN; PARAMETERIZATION; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND DIRECTION;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84855325242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006918     Document Type: Article

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