Water and Ice Motion in the Beaufort Sea, Spring 1970.

The relationship between water motion and ice motion is not so well understood. Over very large time and space scales in the Beaufort Sea gyre, the ice and water motions are obviously correlated; both perform a large clockwise rotation, and both are in geostrophic balance. The objective of this expe...

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Main Authors: Coachman,L. K., Newton,J. L.
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*SEA ICE
*ARCTIC OCEAN
STRESSES
MEASUREMENT
MOTION
DRIFT
WIND VELOCITY
Beaufort Sea
Arctic Ice Deformation Joint Experiment
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA005376
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA005376
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Summary:The relationship between water motion and ice motion is not so well understood. Over very large time and space scales in the Beaufort Sea gyre, the ice and water motions are obviously correlated; both perform a large clockwise rotation, and both are in geostrophic balance. The objective of this experiment was to examine this interrelationship on shorter time and space scales by a more detailed examination of the hydrographic and current structure.

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