Water Mass Transport and Transformation in the Tropics and Arctic

• Main Author: Alberty, Marion Sofia
• Other Authors: Sprintall, Janet, MacKinnon, Jennifer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2018
• Subjects: Physical oceanography; Beaufort Sea; mixing; Solomon Sea; Transformation; Transport; Arctic; Bismarck; Canada; Pacific; canada basin; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9rf158pq

This dissertation investigates the mechanisms which modulate the transport and transformation of water masses using observational techniques. Observations were made in the Solomon Sea during the Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment (SPICE) (Chapters 2 & 3) and in the Canada...