Impact of Wind-Driven Mixing in the Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean traditionally has been described as an ocean with low variability and weak turbulence levels. Many years of observations from ice camps and ice-based instruments have shown that the sea ice cover effectively isolates the water column from direct wind forcing and damps existing motio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luc Rainville, Craig M. Lee, Rebecca A. Woodgate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2011-09-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/24-3_rainville.pdf