Dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy inferred from seagliders: An application to the eastern Nordic Seas overflows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2268-2282

  Beaird, Nicholas ^a   Fer, Ilker ^b   Rhines, Peter ^a   Eriksen, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Density currents; Mixing; North Atlantic Ocean; Vertical motion

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; BOTTOM CURRENT; DENSITY CURRENTS; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; ICELANDS; MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PROCESS CONTROLLING; SEAGLIDERS; SHELF BREAK; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; SURVEYS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; DENSITY CURRENT; DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL MIXING; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND SHELF; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84872238069     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-094.1     Document Type: Article

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