OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISE SUMMARY, WESTERN GREENLAND SEA, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1965

This informal report is a summary of an oceanographic survey in the western Greenland Sea during August and September 1965. Scientists from NAVOCEANO, University of Washington, and University of Massachusetts collected physical, chemical, geological, and biological data from aboard USS EDISTO (AGB 2...

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Main Author: Bourkland, Martin T.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY OFFICE NSTL STATION MS OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS DEPT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Seismology
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*GREENLAND SEA
TEMPERATURE
OCEAN CURRENTS
DISTRIBUTION
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
ICE
SALINITY
SAMPLERS
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
SEDIMENTATION
SILICATES
SEA WATER
OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
MARINE BIOLOGY
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
WEATHER FORECASTING
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
Edisto
Greenland
East Greenland
east greenland current
Greenland Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0671058
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0671058
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Summary:This informal report is a summary of an oceanographic survey in the western Greenland Sea during August and September 1965. Scientists from NAVOCEANO, University of Washington, and University of Massachusetts collected physical, chemical, geological, and biological data from aboard USS EDISTO (AGB 2). An effort was made to delineate the Polar Front by collecting oceanographic information across the East Greenland Current at several locations. By using the maximum temperature gradient as a guide, the Polar Front was found to closely follow the edge of the Greenland continental shelf. The Polar Front was well defined north of 75 degrees North latitude. South of this latitude, the temperature gradient existed at a shallower depth and the Polar Front decreased in definition.

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