Using dissolved oxygen concentrations to determine mixed layer depths in the Bellingshausen Sea

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: K. Castro-Morales, J. Kaiser
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: envir; geo; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Boyer; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-1-2012; http://www.ocean-sci.net/8/1/2012/os-8-1-2012.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/b211b182f9ac408d95a0ac9a9c4926c8

Concentrations of oxygen (O2) and other dissolved gases in the oceanic mixed layer are often used to calculate air-sea gas exchange fluxes. The mixed layer depth (zmix) may be defined using criteria based on temperature or density differences to a reference depth near the ocean surface. However, tem...