Moored observations of upper-ocean turbulence and polynya processes

• Main Author: Miller, Una Kim
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Oceanography; Climatology; Polynyas; Turbulence; Ocean salinity; Bottom water (Oceanography); Oceanic mixing; Antarctic; Pacific; Langmuir; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/ttvn-rv16

The upper ocean mediates the transfer of heat and carbon between the atmosphere and ocean interior. The study of this dynamic environment, made possible in part by long-term time series gathered from oceanographic moorings, is therefore crucial to our understanding of Earth’s climate. In this thesis...