Mixing Regimes in the Amundsen Basin of the Arctic Ocean

• Main Author: Guthrie, John D.
• Other Authors: Morison, James
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Double Diffusion; Internal Waves; Mixing; Turbulence; Physical oceanography; oceanography; Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; amundsen basin; canada basin; Central Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/36797

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06 We investigate the role of background mixing in the Arctic Ocean and how it has changed with changing forcing and ice cover. We have examined shear measurements made over more than 30 years to determine the variation in internal wave energy and mixin...