Ventilation of the Arctic Ocean and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

• Main Author: Gerke, Lennart
• Other Authors: Körtzinger, Arne, Bange, Hermann
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 2024
• Subjects: thesis; ddc:550; Ocean Ventilation; Transient Tracers; Transit Time Distribution; Arctic Ocean; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Arctic; Medusa; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2024-00971-5; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00005269; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/macau_derivate_00006625/Thesis_druckreif.pdf

Ocean ventilation describes the physical process that transports surface waters into the ocean’s interior. The process thereby links surface waters with deep waters, contributing significantly to the global ocean conveyer belt and affecting global water mass circulation. This thesis analyzed transie...