Greenland Sea Currents

The Greenland Sea holds a position of unique importance and interest among all the Arctic seas. There are two essentially different reasons for this. One, the northern portion constitutes the major connection of the Arctic Basin with the rest of the world ocean, both in terms of depth and cross- sec...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aagaard, Knut
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*GREENLAND SEA
*OCEAN CURRENTS
ARCTIC REGIONS
DEEP WATER
DEPTH FINDING
FLUID FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
MEASUREMENT
SEA ICE
TEMPERATURE
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
Arctic
Greenland
Arctic Basin
Greenland Sea
Iceland
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0742828
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0742828
Description
Summary:The Greenland Sea holds a position of unique importance and interest among all the Arctic seas. There are two essentially different reasons for this. One, the northern portion constitutes the major connection of the Arctic Basin with the rest of the world ocean, both in terms of depth and cross- sectional area, and in terms of the actual flow of water. Two, the Greenland Sea (and the Norwegian and Iceland seas, together with which it forms an intricately combined system) is a large, deep, partially ice-covered sea; it is one of the northern hemisphere's primary heat exchangers. The report discusses preliminary plans to measure the currents in the Greenland Sea. Sponsored in part by DARPA.

Similar Items