The influence of double-diffusive processes on the melting of ice in the Arctic Ocean: laboratory analogue experiments and their interpretation
Date
2004
Authors
Turner, J
Veronis, G
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Elsevier
Abstract
This study has been motivated by two oceanographic observations: an increased rate of melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and the advance of an anomalously warm tongue of Atlantic water across the Arctic below the halocline over the last few decades.
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Keywords: Heat flux; Heat transfer; Ice; Marine biology; Melting; Thermal stratification; Double-diffusive processes; Oceanography; double diffusion; heat flux; melting; sea ice; Arctic Ocean Arctic ocean; Double diffusion; Intrusive layering; Laboratory analogue experiments; Melting ice; Oceanic heat flux
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Journal of Marine Systems
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Journal article