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

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: A. Sirevaag, S. de la Rosa, I. Fer, M. Nicolaus, M. Tjernström, M. G. McPhee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: envir; geo; Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; amundsen basin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-335-2011; http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/335/2011/os-7-335-2011.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/da00fd9ccecd433b9c07bbe1f531c020

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...