Using dissolved oxygen concentrations to determine mixed layer depths in the Bellingshausen Sea

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Castro Morales, K ^a,b   Kaiser, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GAS EXCHANGE; HALOCLINE; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84855526276     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-1-2012     Document Type: Article

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