Oceanographic Conditions in Nares Strait, August-September, 1970.

• Main Author: Moynihan,Martin J.
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD WASHINGTON D C OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *Oceanographic data; *Arctic Regions; Bathythermograph data; Salinity; Thermoclines; Deep water; Transport properties; Air water interactions; Wind; Baffin Island; Bays; Tides; Sea water; *Nares Strait; Smith Sound; Kane Basin; Westwind Vessel; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Kane; Nares; Baffin; Nares strait; Smith sound
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0774502; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0774502

Oceanographic observations from the CGC WESTWIND in the Nares Strait region during August and September 1970 are presented. Observed temperature-salinity characteristics are discussed in relation to the interchange of water between the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay and the formation of Baffin Bay Deep Water. An average northward transport of 480,000 cu m/sec. from Smith Sound into Kane Basin was computed and is compared with previous transport calculations. The relationship of tidal and wind conditions to the volume transport is also discussed. (Author) See also PB-210 179.