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TeachMeFinance.com - explain transient tracers transient tracers The term 'transient tracers' as it applies to the area of carbon dioxide can be defined as ' Chemical elements (often radioactive) or compounds that have finite lifetimes. Atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s released large quantities of radionuclides to the atmosphere. Atmosphere-ocean exchange processes have transferred some of these elements to the oceans. Studying the behavior and distribution of these specific isotopes and other chemical tracers in the ocean will provide information on: (1) residence times of the water and its dissolved components in gyres, basins, etc. (2) the mode and rate of formation and the subsequent spreading rates of specific water types, such as the polar water of the Norwegian and Greenland Seas, (3) deep-ocean circulation and ocean-mixing processes, such as advection and upwelling, and (4) the flux of anthropogenic carbon dioxide into the ocean through its correlation with several different transient tracers'. Previous 5 Terms: Transgenic transgression, marine Transient transient Transient Patients Next 5 Terms: Transistor Transit Transition zone (semipervious zone) transitional water (zone) transitive property About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.