Age tracers in an ocean GCM
Observations of transient tracers such as tritium and helium-3 (3He) are frequently combined to construct "age-like" quantities generally interpreted to represent time elapsed since a fluid parcel was last at the surface. In a turbulent ("diffusive") environment such as the ocean...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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