Prevailing Wind Directions in the Arctic Ocean

• Main Author: Bilello, Michael A
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Meteorology; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *WIND; ARCTIC REGIONS; COASTAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CHARTS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; POLAR REGIONS; SURFACES; WEATHER STATIONS; *WIND DIRECTION; Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0761074; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0761074

Prevailing monthly and seasonal surface wind directions were obtained from (1) weather records for 21 coastal stations around the Arctic Ocean and (2) a series of U.S. Navy wind charts for 15 to 20 locations in the arctic marginal seas and the ocean's interior. This information was combined and analyzed to develop 2 charts which depict the surface flow of air in these areas during the mid-summer and mid-winter months. Since the ice floe stations used in the offshore wind analysis are not permanently located, the Arctic Ocean was selectively divided into 6 zones. Three of these zones separate Polar regions north of 84 degrees latitude, and 3 other zones each separate the seas bordering the north coasts of Europe, Siberian Russia and North America.