Major features of the summer near-surface circulation of western Baffin
an extensive physical oceanographic program was carried out in western Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound. Data collected include satellite-tracked drifter measurements, CTD profiles and time series of subsurface currents. They indicate that the near-surface circulation of the area is dominated by the s...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.559.5784 2023-05-15T14:19:33+02:00 Major features of the summer near-surface circulation of western Baffin D. B. Fissel D. D. Lemon J. R. Birch The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1982 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.559.5784 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-1-180.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.559.5784 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-1-180.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-1-180.pdf Key words Baffin Bay Baffin Current circulation Lancaster Sound oceanography surface currents sub-surface currents text 1982 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:56:24Z an extensive physical oceanographic program was carried out in western Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound. Data collected include satellite-tracked drifter measurements, CTD profiles and time series of subsurface currents. They indicate that the near-surface circulation of the area is dominated by the southward-flowing Baffh Current. This current, observed to extend at least as far north as Lady Ann Strait (76”N) and south to Cape Dyer (67’N), is largely confined to within 100 km of the coastline. It varies in both intensity and width with the strongest flows occurring where the current follows a cyclonic intrusion into and out of eastern Lancaster Sound; here in the core of the current he median near-surface (4 to 1 1 m) speeds are 75 cm/s, decreasing to 50 cm/s at 40 m depth and 25 cm/s at 250 m depth. To the east of Devon, Bylot and Baffin islands, the current is well-defined, but generally less intense with typical near-surface speeds of 30 cm/s. Important spatial variations occurred in the circulation of the area. In eastern Lancaster Sound, two distinct and alternating flow patterns were observed in the strong intrusive current in the summer of 1979. Transient large-scale meanders of the circulation were detected in the offshore portion of the Baffin Current off the east coasts of Bylot and Baffin islands. Between the eastern coastline of Bylot Island and the core of the southeasterly flowing Baffin Current, anticyclonic eddies of approximately 20 km diameter occasionally occurred. Text Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Bylot Island Cape Dyer Lancaster Sound Unknown Baffin Bay Bylot Island Cape Dyer ENVELOPE(-61.573,-61.573,66.592,66.592) Dyer ENVELOPE(-81.366,-81.366,50.550,50.550) Lady Ann Strait ENVELOPE(-79.747,-79.747,75.701,75.701) Lancaster Sound ENVELOPE(-83.999,-83.999,74.218,74.218) |
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an extensive physical oceanographic program was carried out in western Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound. Data collected include satellite-tracked drifter measurements, CTD profiles and time series of subsurface currents. They indicate that the near-surface circulation of the area is dominated by the southward-flowing Baffh Current. This current, observed to extend at least as far north as Lady Ann Strait (76”N) and south to Cape Dyer (67’N), is largely confined to within 100 km of the coastline. It varies in both intensity and width with the strongest flows occurring where the current follows a cyclonic intrusion into and out of eastern Lancaster Sound; here in the core of the current he median near-surface (4 to 1 1 m) speeds are 75 cm/s, decreasing to 50 cm/s at 40 m depth and 25 cm/s at 250 m depth. To the east of Devon, Bylot and Baffin islands, the current is well-defined, but generally less intense with typical near-surface speeds of 30 cm/s. Important spatial variations occurred in the circulation of the area. In eastern Lancaster Sound, two distinct and alternating flow patterns were observed in the strong intrusive current in the summer of 1979. Transient large-scale meanders of the circulation were detected in the offshore portion of the Baffin Current off the east coasts of Bylot and Baffin islands. Between the eastern coastline of Bylot Island and the core of the southeasterly flowing Baffin Current, anticyclonic eddies of approximately 20 km diameter occasionally occurred. |
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ENVELOPE(-61.573,-61.573,66.592,66.592) ENVELOPE(-81.366,-81.366,50.550,50.550) ENVELOPE(-79.747,-79.747,75.701,75.701) ENVELOPE(-83.999,-83.999,74.218,74.218) |
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Baffin Bay Bylot Island Cape Dyer Dyer Lady Ann Strait Lancaster Sound |
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