Current Measurements in Smith Sound - Northern Baffin Bay, September 1968.

• Main Authors: Davis,R. A., Coachman,L. K.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; (*OCEAN CURRENTS; MEASUREMENT); (*BAYS; *ARCTIC REGIONS); BAFFIN ISLAND; VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; PRESSURE; TIDES; ARCTIC OCEAN; *BAFFIN BAY; *SMITH SOUND; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Smith Sound; Baffin; Smith sound
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0728002; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0728002

Two eleven-day current records were obtained in Smith Sound, northern Baffin Bay during September 1968. From the power spectra of the north and east components of these records, it was determined that the predominant harmonic currents occurred at or near the semidiurnal frequency. The velocity compo...