Revisiting internal waves and mixing in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3966-3977

  Guthrie, John D ^a   Morison, James H ^a   Fer, Ilker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

mixing

Indexed keywords

MIXING; SEA ICE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL MEASUREMENTS; INTERNAL WAVES; NORTH POLE ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATORIES; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; VERTICAL MODES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; SEA ICE; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVE ENERGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885149538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20294     Document Type: Article

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