OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISE SUMMARY, BAFFIN BAY-DAVIS STRAIT-LABRADOR SEA, SUMMER 1967

A two-phase operation was conducted in the Baffin Bay area during the summer of 1967. The first phase was a bottom sediment survey using the USCGC SOUTHWIND. The primary objective of this phase was to obtain an extensive suite of bottom samples and bottom sediment sound velocities. The second phase...

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Main Authors: Codispoti, Louis A., Kravitz, Joseph H.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MAPS
OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
SEA WATER
BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS
PLANKTON
NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE)
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
BAFFIN ISLAND
SEDIMENTATION
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SALINITY
ICE
WEATHER FORECASTING
SUMMER
Arctic
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Edisto
Newfoundland
Baffin
Davis Strait
Labrador Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0671184
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Summary:A two-phase operation was conducted in the Baffin Bay area during the summer of 1967. The first phase was a bottom sediment survey using the USCGC SOUTHWIND. The primary objective of this phase was to obtain an extensive suite of bottom samples and bottom sediment sound velocities. The second phase was an oceanographic survey using the USCGC EDISTO. Ice potential stations were occupied in support of NAVOCEANO's East Arctic Ice Forecast Program. Additional Nansen cast stations were taken to assist the U.S. Coast Guard in their continual monitoring of the Labrador Current. A comparison of the temperature and salinity data obtained on the EDISTO survey with data obtained on a similar cruise by CCGC LABRADOR in 1966 indicated that freezing should have begun earlier in 1967 than in 1966.

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