AIDJEX Interior Flow Field Study: Preliminary Report and Comparison with Previous Results (1972).

• Main Authors: Newton,J. L., Coachman,L. K.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *FLOW FIELDS; *ARCTIC OCEAN; MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; ALASKA; WIND; MOTION; SEA ICE; AIDJEX project; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA005378; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA005378

During the 1972 AIDJEX pilot study, the University of Washington conducted a field program to study the interior flow field of the Arctic Ocean. The working hypotheses of the 1972 experiment were similar to those of the 1970 and 1971 programs: (1) by making current and hydrographic measurements simultaneously in an array of fixed dimensions, one can determine how accurately Arctic Ocean currents can be estimated by traditional geostrophic methods, and the appropriate measurement scales; and (2) by knowing the ice motion and local weather conditions, one can investigate the responses of the ice and interior flow to the forces acting on them. This communication reports the preliminary results of the 1972 interior flow field measurements and summarizes some of the important similarities and differences observed during the three years of study.