Sökning: "water-mass transformation"
Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden water-mass transformation.
1. An investigation into ocean thermodynamics and water-mass transformation
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents oceanic budgets of potential temperature, salinity and buoyancy as well as a novel way of diagnosing water-mass transformation in salinity-temperature space. The buoyancy of seawater is given by a nonlinear function of temperature, salinity and pressure and much of the work in this thesis revolves around how fluxes of heat and salinity influence the buoyancy of seawater through these nonlinearities. LÄS MER
2. Freshwater processes and water mass transformation in the Arctic Ocean
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores freshwater-related processes and water mass transformation in the Arctic Ocean. Knowledge of these processes is important from both a local and a global perspective. Globally, because the export of cold and low saline water and sea ice might influence the North Atlantic and global meridional overturning circulation. LÄS MER