On the formation, ventilation, and erosion of mode waters in the North Atlantic and Southern Oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Trossman, D S ^a,b   Thompson, L ^b   Mecking, S ^b,c   Warner, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; MIXING; SHOCK TUBES; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

AIR SEA FLUX; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; EROSION MECHANISMS; FORMATION RATES; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; MODEL ESTIMATES; NORTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; SUBDUCTION RATES; SUBPOLAR MODE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TURBULENT MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CFC; MODE WATER; RESIDENCE TIME; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SUBDUCTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; TIMESCALE; TURBULENT MIXING; VENTILATION; WATER EROSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84867007522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008090     Document Type: Article

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