On the Oceanography of the Nansen Sound Fiord System

Summarizes exploration of the fiord system of northwest Ellesmere and northeast Axel Heiberg Islands, from discovery in 1883 to 1962, and describes in detail results of oceanographic surveys in 1962. Temperature and salinity data are graphed and analyzed. Water warmer than -10C below 100 m is believ...

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Main Authors: Ford, Wm. L., Hattersley-Smith, G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1965
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Heiberg
Nansen Sound
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3465
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spelling crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic3465 2024-06-09T07:42:06+00:00 On the Oceanography of the Nansen Sound Fiord System Ford, Wm. L. Hattersley-Smith, G. 1965 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3465 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3465/3440 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC volume 18, issue 3, page 158 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 1965 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3465 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z Summarizes exploration of the fiord system of northwest Ellesmere and northeast Axel Heiberg Islands, from discovery in 1883 to 1962, and describes in detail results of oceanographic surveys in 1962. Temperature and salinity data are graphed and analyzed. Water warmer than -10C below 100 m is believed to be derived from the Atlantic water intermediate layer in the Arctic Ocean. A persistent inversion at 40 m in the Tanquary and other upper fiords is theorized as being due to trapping of direct solar insolation. Conditions conductive to this are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Nansen Sound Arctic Institute of North America Arctic Arctic Ocean Heiberg ENVELOPE(13.964,13.964,66.424,66.424) Nansen Sound ENVELOPE(-90.584,-90.584,81.002,81.002) ARCTIC 18 3 158
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description Summarizes exploration of the fiord system of northwest Ellesmere and northeast Axel Heiberg Islands, from discovery in 1883 to 1962, and describes in detail results of oceanographic surveys in 1962. Temperature and salinity data are graphed and analyzed. Water warmer than -10C below 100 m is believed to be derived from the Atlantic water intermediate layer in the Arctic Ocean. A persistent inversion at 40 m in the Tanquary and other upper fiords is theorized as being due to trapping of direct solar insolation. Conditions conductive to this are discussed.
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On the Oceanography of the Nansen Sound Fiord System
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title_short On the Oceanography of the Nansen Sound Fiord System
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