Diffusive vertical heat flux in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean inferred from moored instruments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 496-508

  Lique, Camille ^a,b   Guthrie, John D ^a   Steele, Michael ^a   Proshutinsky, Andrey ^c   Morison, James H ^a   Krishfield, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MOORING; TEMPERATURE;

EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMETERIZATION METHOD; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; VERTICAL HEAT FLUXES;

HEAT FLUX;

DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MOORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 84898943349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009346     Document Type: Article

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