CFC Data Collection during the Labrador Sea Experiment

Abstract

The long term goals are to gain a better understanding of gas exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean during deep convection in the ocean, to establish the boundary condition for chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) input into Labrador Sea Water (LSW) (which is needed to quantitatively interpret CFC measurements made in LSW in regions away from the formation areas and will be needed to simulate CFC distributions in ocean circulation models) and to use these data in conjunction with CFC data collected on other projects to estimate the LSW formation rate and investigate temporal changes in the formation rate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627993

Entities

People

  • William M. Smethie Jr.

Organizations

  • Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Atmospheres
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Climate Change
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continental Slopes
  • Convection
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Labrador Sea
  • Measurement
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Rate Of Formation
  • Sea Water
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers