Oceanographic Cruise Summary De Long Strait.

Historical data as well as data collected on this survey show De Long Strait to essentially contain two diverse water masses: (1) Siberian Coastal Water which flows east along the coast, characterized by low temperatures and low salinities, and (2) warm higher saline water which enters the Chukchi S...

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Main Authors: Car, Martial, Gsell, William L.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*OCEAN CURRENTS
CHUKCHI SEA)
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
WIND
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
COASTAL REGIONS
DATA PROCESSING
TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
ARCTIC REGIONS
SALINITY
OCEANS
SIBERIA
Arctic
Chukchi Sea
Bering Strait
East Siberian Sea
Chukchi
Siberia
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0851687
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0851687
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Summary:Historical data as well as data collected on this survey show De Long Strait to essentially contain two diverse water masses: (1) Siberian Coastal Water which flows east along the coast, characterized by low temperatures and low salinities, and (2) warm higher saline water which enters the Chukchi Sea through the Bering Strait. The temperature difference of the two water masses forms a boundary which fluctuates north and south with changing winds. A preliminary analysis of the current data collected on this survey indicates that wind strongly influences the currents of De Long Strait. Westerly and northwesterly winds cause water to flow from the East Siberian Sea to the Chukchi Sea. The flow is reversed when winds are from the east and southeast. (Author)

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