J-CAD (JAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter)

• Main Authors: Mombetsu Symposium, Takashi Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Hatakeyama, Koji Shimada, Takatoshi Takizawa (jamstec
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; North Pole; amundsen basin; Denmark Strait; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Lomonosov Ridge; Nansen Basin
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.572.3262; http://www.jamstec.go.jp/arctic/Document/Archives/kikuchi/Mombetsu_02.pdf

In order to understand ocean currents and water properties under the multi-year ice of the Arctic Ocean, JAMSTEC developed a new drifting buoy, J-CAD (JAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter), in 1999, with the collaboration of METOCEAN Data System Limited. Using J-CAD, real-time and in-site oceanographical...