Atlantic Water Circulation in the Canada Basin.

Within the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean, water of Atlantic origin occupies the depths between 300 and 900 m. This water is characterized by a temperature maximum of +0.5 to +0.6C usually at about 500 m, and has salinities in the range 34.85 to 34.95 parts per thousand by weight. Atlantic water i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Newton,J. L., Coachman,L. K.
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*ARCTIC OCEAN
TEMPERATURE
DEPTH
FLOW FIELDS
SALINITY
CIRCULATION
Canada Basin
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Canada
East Siberian Shelf
Greenland
canada basin
Chukchi
Lomonosov Ridge
Siberia
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA005379
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA005379
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Summary:Within the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean, water of Atlantic origin occupies the depths between 300 and 900 m. This water is characterized by a temperature maximum of +0.5 to +0.6C usually at about 500 m, and has salinities in the range 34.85 to 34.95 parts per thousand by weight. Atlantic water initially enters the Arctic Ocean east of Greenland at a temperature > 3.0C and salinity of about 35.00 parts per thousand by weight. It then moves across the Lomonosov Ridge north of Siberia, and flows east along the East Siberian shelf, apparently entering the Canada Basin north of the Chukchi Plateau. The circulation within the Canada Basin is anticyclonic, like the surface flow. This note presents the results of a re-examination of the Atlantic water flow in the Canada Basin.

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