Lateral diffusivity from tracer release experiments in the tropical North Atlantic thermocline

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2719-2733

  Banyte, Donata ^a   Visbeck, Martin ^a   Tanhua, Toste ^a   Fischer, Tim ^a   Krahmann, Gerd ^a   Karstensen, Johannes ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

isopycnal mixing; North Atlantic OMZ; tracer release experiment

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPARISON METHODS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; LATERAL DIFFUSIVITY; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; REGULAR SAMPLINGS; RELEASE EXPERIMENTS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES;

DIFFUSION;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SAMPLING; THERMOCLINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GUINEA;

EID: 84880735737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20211     Document Type: Article

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