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Vertical Mixing on the Bering Sea Shelf

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The Ocean Surface

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Recent studies of the Bering Sea marginal ice zone have focussed on the heat balance at the ice edge. The role of double-diffusive convection in supplying heat input to the ice is evaluated.

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  1. Science Applications International Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, 98005, USA

    G. R. Stegen, P. J. Hendricks & R. D. Muench

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  1. G. R. Stegen
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  1. Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yoshiaki Toba

  2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hisashi Mitsuyasu

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Stegen, G.R., Hendricks, P.J., Muench, R.D. (1985). Vertical Mixing on the Bering Sea Shelf. In: Toba, Y., Mitsuyasu, H. (eds) The Ocean Surface. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7717-5_74

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