Water, Heat, and Salt Transports through Nares Strait, Ellesmere Island
Data obtained in Nares Strait are used to provide estimates of the transports of water, heat, and salt between the polar ocean and northern Baffin Bay. The annual volume export of water through Nares Strait is 2.1 × 10 4 km 3 ± 30%, which is equivalent to a mean flow of 0.67 × 10 6 m 3 ∙s −1 and whi...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f76-275 2024-06-23T07:51:28+00:00 Water, Heat, and Salt Transports through Nares Strait, Ellesmere Island Sadler, H. Eric 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f76-275 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f76-275 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada volume 33, issue 10, page 2286-2295 ISSN 0015-296X journal-article 1976 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f76-275 2024-05-24T13:05:52Z Data obtained in Nares Strait are used to provide estimates of the transports of water, heat, and salt between the polar ocean and northern Baffin Bay. The annual volume export of water through Nares Strait is 2.1 × 10 4 km 3 ± 30%, which is equivalent to a mean flow of 0.67 × 10 6 m 3 ∙s −1 and which is about 15% of the total outflow of water from the polar ocean. The annual net heat input into the polar ocean due to the outflow of cold water and ice is found to be 15 × 10 19 J ± 50% assuming a reference temperature of −0.1 C. This volume is about 7% of the total advective heat transport into the polar ocean. The mean annual export of salt from the polar ocean is 6.7 × 10 14 kg ± 30% or about 6% of the total export. The total transports through the whole Canadian archipelago are estimated and it is shown that they are appreciable fractions of the total exchanges between the polar ocean and the world ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Canadian Archipelago Ellesmere Island Nares strait Canadian Science Publishing Baffin Bay Ellesmere Island Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 33 10 2286 2295 |
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Data obtained in Nares Strait are used to provide estimates of the transports of water, heat, and salt between the polar ocean and northern Baffin Bay. The annual volume export of water through Nares Strait is 2.1 × 10 4 km 3 ± 30%, which is equivalent to a mean flow of 0.67 × 10 6 m 3 ∙s −1 and which is about 15% of the total outflow of water from the polar ocean. The annual net heat input into the polar ocean due to the outflow of cold water and ice is found to be 15 × 10 19 J ± 50% assuming a reference temperature of −0.1 C. This volume is about 7% of the total advective heat transport into the polar ocean. The mean annual export of salt from the polar ocean is 6.7 × 10 14 kg ± 30% or about 6% of the total export. The total transports through the whole Canadian archipelago are estimated and it is shown that they are appreciable fractions of the total exchanges between the polar ocean and the world ocean. |
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Water, Heat, and Salt Transports through Nares Strait, Ellesmere Island |
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