Greenland Sea Currents

The Greenland Sea holds a position of unique importance and interest among all the Arctic seas. The single most important line of investigation to further our environmental understanding of the area is direct current measurements along the Greenland-Spitsbergen passage, through which the exchange wi...

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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
DENSITY
HEAT TRANSFER
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
PRESSURE
SALINITY
TEMPERATURE
THERMOCLINES
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
WIND
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Greenland
East Greenland
east greenland current
Greenland Sea
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0753271
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0753271
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Summary:The Greenland Sea holds a position of unique importance and interest among all the Arctic seas. The single most important line of investigation to further our environmental understanding of the area is direct current measurements along the Greenland-Spitsbergen passage, through which the exchange with the Arctic Ocean occurs. Eventually the current measurements must extend throughout the year for flow observations in the East Greenland Current wind stress calculations, and analytical work on the thermohaline circulation, all imply substantial seasonal differences in the circulation. Sponsored in part by DARPA.

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