Major features of the summer near-surface circulation of western Baffin

• Main Authors: D. B. Fissel, D. D. Lemon, J. R. Birch
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: Key words; Baffin Bay; Baffin Current; circulation; Lancaster Sound; oceanography; surface currents; sub-surface currents; Bylot Island; Cape Dyer; Dyer; Lady Ann Strait; Arctic; Baffin
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.559.5784; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-1-180.pdf

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...