Mixing, heat fluxes and heat content evolution of the Arctic Ocean mixed layer

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Sirevaag, A., de la Rosa, S., Fer, I., Nicolaus, M., Tjernström, Michael, McPhee, M. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU) 2011
• Subjects: Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Amundsen Basin; amundsen basin
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-68400; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-335-2011

A comprehensive measurement program was conducted during 16 days of a 3 week long ice pack drift, from 15 August to 1 September 2008 in the central Amundsen Basin, Arctic Ocean. The data, sampled as part of the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS), included upper ocean stratification, mixing and...