OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE LABRADOR SEA IN THE VICINITY OF HUDSON STRAIT IN 1965

From the data collected on the Labrador Current Expedition, July-August 1965, there is indicated substantiation of the current system defined by Smith (1937), 'Marion Expedition.' The data further shows that Hudson Strait exercises a control on the Laborador Current to the extent that a ch...

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Main Authors: Kollmeyer,Ronald C., McGill,David A., Corwin,Nathaniel
Other Authors: COAST GUARD WASHINGTON D C OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*ATLANTIC OCEAN)
ECHO RANGING
DEPTH FINDING
COAST GUARD
TEMPERATURE
SALINITY
OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
ICE ISLANDS
ICEBREAKERS
SAMPLERS
VOLUME
ANOMALIES
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
PERIODIC VARIATIONS
TABLES(DATA)
MAPS
NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE)
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Newfoundland
Baffin
Labrador Sea
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0667826
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Summary:From the data collected on the Labrador Current Expedition, July-August 1965, there is indicated substantiation of the current system defined by Smith (1937), 'Marion Expedition.' The data further shows that Hudson Strait exercises a control on the Laborador Current to the extent that a characteristic water type is formed and pulsed eastward by tidal variations through the strait entrance, forming the cold core and main flow of the Labrador Current. Contributions from the Baffin Land Current, flowing westward into Hudson Strait along the northern shore, appear to form one of the mixing constituents; with Hudson Bay acting as a modifier tending to warm and dilute the waters prior to their outflow along the southern shore of Hudson Strait. (Author)

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