A study of the ocean's water masses using data and models

• Main Author: Plancherel, Yves
• Other Authors: Sarmiento, Jorge L., Geosciences Department
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University 2012
• Subjects: carbon; climate; coupled model; linear regression; overturning; water mass; Biogeochemistry; Physical oceanography; Chemical oceanography; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01jh343s32h

Water masses are collections of water parcels that share similar histories and fate. The validity and value of the concept of a water mass depends on scale, spatial and temporal, as well as purpose. In spite of pragmatic and conceptual limitations, this dissertation shows that the treatment of the o...