2003), Shelfbreak circulation in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, paper presented at
[1] Historical hydrographic and current meter data are used to investigate the properties and circulation at the shelf edge of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Thirty-three individual cross-sections, spanning the time period 1950 to 1987, are combined in a topographical framework to produce mean vertical h...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.562.631 2023-05-15T15:40:16+02:00 2003), Shelfbreak circulation in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, paper presented at Robert S. Pickart The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.562.631 http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/pickart/pickart_pubs_pdf/JGR_2004a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.562.631 http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/pickart/pickart_pubs_pdf/JGR_2004a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/pickart/pickart_pubs_pdf/JGR_2004a.pdf Physical Fronts and jets 4536 Oceanography Hydrography KEYWORDS boundary current text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:06:58Z [1] Historical hydrographic and current meter data are used to investigate the properties and circulation at the shelf edge of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Thirty-three individual cross-sections, spanning the time period 1950 to 1987, are combined in a topographical framework to produce mean vertical hydrographic sections, as well as a section of mean absolute geostrophic velocity referenced using the current meter data. This reveals the presence of a narrow (order 20 km) eastward current, referred to as the Beaufort shelfbreak jet. The jet has three distinct seasonal configurations: In late-spring to late-summer, cold, winter-transformed Bering water is advected in a subsurface current; from mid-summer to early fall a surface intensified current advects predominantly Bering summer water; and from mid-fall to mid-spring, under easterly winds, the jet transports upwelled Atlantic water. The volume transport of the jet represents a significant fraction of the inflowing transport through Bering Strait. While the characteristics and flow of the winter-transformed Bering water vary interannually, this water mass ventilates predominantly the Text Beaufort Sea Bering Strait Unknown Bering Strait |
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[1] Historical hydrographic and current meter data are used to investigate the properties and circulation at the shelf edge of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Thirty-three individual cross-sections, spanning the time period 1950 to 1987, are combined in a topographical framework to produce mean vertical hydrographic sections, as well as a section of mean absolute geostrophic velocity referenced using the current meter data. This reveals the presence of a narrow (order 20 km) eastward current, referred to as the Beaufort shelfbreak jet. The jet has three distinct seasonal configurations: In late-spring to late-summer, cold, winter-transformed Bering water is advected in a subsurface current; from mid-summer to early fall a surface intensified current advects predominantly Bering summer water; and from mid-fall to mid-spring, under easterly winds, the jet transports upwelled Atlantic water. The volume transport of the jet represents a significant fraction of the inflowing transport through Bering Strait. While the characteristics and flow of the winter-transformed Bering water vary interannually, this water mass ventilates predominantly the |
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