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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2011-09-01
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Series: | Oceanography |
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Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/24-3_rainville.pdf |