Pacific ventilation of the Artic Ocean's lower halocline by upwelling and diapycnal mixing over the continental margin

• Main Authors: Woodgate, Rebecca A., Aagaard, Knut, Swift, James H., Falkner, Kelly, Smethie, William M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/zw12z673q

Pacific winter waters, a major source of nutrients and buoyancy to the Arctic Ocean, are thought to ventilate the Arctic's lower halocline either by injection (isopycnal or penetrative) of cold saline shelf waters, or by cooling and freshening Atlantic waters upwelled onto the shelf. Although v...