ABSTRACT SATELLITE GPS MEASUREMENTS OF LANDFAST ICE DISPLACEMENTS IN THE CANADIAN BEAUFORT DURING THE

• Main Authors: Winter Of, J. R Marko, B. Wright
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Beaufort Sea; Richards Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.69.4043; http://www.aslenv.com/reports/ocean/GPS-POAC05.pdf

Three GPS (Global Positioning System) beacons were placed on the landfast ice cover of the Southeastern Beaufort Sea in mid-February, 2003. Changes in the positions of these beacons, roughly 35 km offshore of Richards Island and the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, were deduced from data relayed through the S...