The Role of Currents in the Formation of the Pacific Water Layer in the Eastern Part of the Arctic Basin (O Roli Techenii v Formirovanii Prosloiki Tikhookeanskikh Vod v Vostochnoi Chasti Arkticheskogo Basseina)

The systematic observations of water temperature, surface and deep currents carried out by the drifting station NP-12 during 1963/64 disclose the existence of warm Pacific layer in the Arctic Ocean. This layer lies between 50m and 150m and extends from the Bering Strait to the North Pole. (Author) T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Belyakov,L. N.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*OCEAN CURRENTS
*THERMOCLINES)
(*ARCTIC OCEAN
OCEAN CURRENTS)
DEEP WATER
THERMAL PROPERTIES
BERING SEA
USSR
MARINE LAYERS
*BERING STRAIT
TRANSLATIONS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Pacific
North Pole
Roli
Arctic Basin
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0719990
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0719990
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Summary:The systematic observations of water temperature, surface and deep currents carried out by the drifting station NP-12 during 1963/64 disclose the existence of warm Pacific layer in the Arctic Ocean. This layer lies between 50m and 150m and extends from the Bering Strait to the North Pole. (Author) Trans. of Problemy Arktiki i Antarktiki (USSR) v28 p29-34 1968, by M. Slessers.

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