Oceanographic Cruise Summary Baffin Bay-Davis Strait-Labrador Sea, October 1969

The U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office conducted oceanographic operations in support of the annual East Arctic Ice Forecast Program during October 1969 aboard USCGC WESTWIND (WAGB 281). Data were collected at 61 Nansen cast stations in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and Labrador Sea. Most WESTWIND station...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bunce, John A.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
*SEA ICE
THICKNESS
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
WEATHER FORECASTING
FREEZING
COLLECTING METHODS
ARCTIC OCEAN
NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE)
BAFFIN ISLAND
PATROL CRAFT
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
MELTING
SAMPLING
SALINITY
WEATHER STATIONS
*EAST ARCTIC ICE FORECAST PROGRAM
AGB 281 VESSEL
BAFFIN BAY
DAVIS STRAIT
LABRADOR SEA
Arctic
Newfoundland
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Baffin
Davis Strait
Labrador Sea
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0870918
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0870918
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Summary:The U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office conducted oceanographic operations in support of the annual East Arctic Ice Forecast Program during October 1969 aboard USCGC WESTWIND (WAGB 281). Data were collected at 61 Nansen cast stations in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and Labrador Sea. Most WESTWIND station data displayed colder temperatures in the upper 40 meters than were recorded in the two previous years. An exception to this trend was observed at the northernmost station where freezing had already begun on all three surveys.

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