Semidiurnal tides on the laptev sea shelf with implications for shear and vertical mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 202-219

  Janout, Markus A ^a   Lenn, Yueng Djern ^b  

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

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atm ocean structure phenomena; Diapycnal mixing; Freshwater; Geographic iocation entity; In situ oceanic observations; Observational techniques and algorithms; Sea ice; Tides

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; FRESHWATER; GEOGRAPHIC IOCATION/ENTITY; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETICS; MIXING; SEA ICE; WATER;

TIDES;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIURNAL VARIATION; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEAN TIDE; SEA ICE; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA; LENA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84892646453     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0240.1     Document Type: Article

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