Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74
Continuous profiles of temperature and salinity (STD observations) were made in the shallow (approximately 45 m) Bering and Chukchi Seas in July 1974 as part of the MIZPAC program. In addition to measurements in ice-free waters, seven closely spaced crossings of the sea-ice margin were made along wi...
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ftdtic:ADA025854 2023-05-15T15:12:22+02:00 Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 Paquette, Robert G Bourke, Robert H NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA 1976-05 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA025854 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA025854 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA025854 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *CHUKCHI SEA *SEA ICE *SEA WATER ACOUSTIC VELOCITY ARCTIC OCEAN BERING SEA BOUNDARIES CIRCULATION DENSITY DIRECTIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING MARINE GEOPHYSICS MELTING MIXING OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SALINITY SHALLOW WATER STRATIFICATION SUMMER TEMPERATURE THESES UNDERWATER SOUND WATER FLOW MIZPAC 74 project Marginal sea ice zones Ocean circulation Oceanic structure Mesostructure PE62759N WU9024909 Text 1976 ftdtic 2017-07-09T14:48:04Z Continuous profiles of temperature and salinity (STD observations) were made in the shallow (approximately 45 m) Bering and Chukchi Seas in July 1974 as part of the MIZPAC program. In addition to measurements in ice-free waters, seven closely spaced crossings of the sea-ice margin were made along with two crossings of the Alaskan coastal zone. In all, 111 STD stations and approximately 100 XBT drops were made for which graphs and tabulations were produced of temperature, salinity, density and sound speed. South of the ice the water is sharply layered with a warm fresh layer (8-10 C and approximately 10m thick) above a cold dense layer. At or near the sea-ice margin the layering gradually disappears with modification of isopycnals and isotherms extending to the bottom. Large scale temperature fluctuations of 0.5 to 2 C, termed mesostructure, were observed at 12-15m depth in the first three crossings, but were weak or absent in the other crossings. Mesostructure appears to be correlated with a relatively rapid melting of the ice, and hence, probably with a strong northward flow, or a diffuse ice margin . Mesostructure formation is believed to result from non-uniform lateral mixing of waters of different temperatures but the same density, possibly modified or controlled by a complex lateral pressure field near the ice. Presented at the Fall Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 10 Dec 1975, San Francisco, CA. Master's thesis. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea Ice permafrost Sea ice Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Sea |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *CHUKCHI SEA *SEA ICE *SEA WATER ACOUSTIC VELOCITY ARCTIC OCEAN BERING SEA BOUNDARIES CIRCULATION DENSITY DIRECTIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING MARINE GEOPHYSICS MELTING MIXING OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SALINITY SHALLOW WATER STRATIFICATION SUMMER TEMPERATURE THESES UNDERWATER SOUND WATER FLOW MIZPAC 74 project Marginal sea ice zones Ocean circulation Oceanic structure Mesostructure PE62759N WU9024909 |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *CHUKCHI SEA *SEA ICE *SEA WATER ACOUSTIC VELOCITY ARCTIC OCEAN BERING SEA BOUNDARIES CIRCULATION DENSITY DIRECTIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING MARINE GEOPHYSICS MELTING MIXING OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SALINITY SHALLOW WATER STRATIFICATION SUMMER TEMPERATURE THESES UNDERWATER SOUND WATER FLOW MIZPAC 74 project Marginal sea ice zones Ocean circulation Oceanic structure Mesostructure PE62759N WU9024909 Paquette, Robert G Bourke, Robert H Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *CHUKCHI SEA *SEA ICE *SEA WATER ACOUSTIC VELOCITY ARCTIC OCEAN BERING SEA BOUNDARIES CIRCULATION DENSITY DIRECTIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING MARINE GEOPHYSICS MELTING MIXING OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SALINITY SHALLOW WATER STRATIFICATION SUMMER TEMPERATURE THESES UNDERWATER SOUND WATER FLOW MIZPAC 74 project Marginal sea ice zones Ocean circulation Oceanic structure Mesostructure PE62759N WU9024909 |
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Continuous profiles of temperature and salinity (STD observations) were made in the shallow (approximately 45 m) Bering and Chukchi Seas in July 1974 as part of the MIZPAC program. In addition to measurements in ice-free waters, seven closely spaced crossings of the sea-ice margin were made along with two crossings of the Alaskan coastal zone. In all, 111 STD stations and approximately 100 XBT drops were made for which graphs and tabulations were produced of temperature, salinity, density and sound speed. South of the ice the water is sharply layered with a warm fresh layer (8-10 C and approximately 10m thick) above a cold dense layer. At or near the sea-ice margin the layering gradually disappears with modification of isopycnals and isotherms extending to the bottom. Large scale temperature fluctuations of 0.5 to 2 C, termed mesostructure, were observed at 12-15m depth in the first three crossings, but were weak or absent in the other crossings. Mesostructure appears to be correlated with a relatively rapid melting of the ice, and hence, probably with a strong northward flow, or a diffuse ice margin . Mesostructure formation is believed to result from non-uniform lateral mixing of waters of different temperatures but the same density, possibly modified or controlled by a complex lateral pressure field near the ice. Presented at the Fall Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 10 Dec 1975, San Francisco, CA. Master's thesis. |
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Paquette, Robert G Bourke, Robert H |
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Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 |
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Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 |
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Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 |
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Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 |
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Oceanographic Investigation of the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 74 |
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oceanographic investigation of the marginal sea-ice zone of the chukchi sea--mizpac 74 |
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1976 |
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http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA025854 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA025854 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Sea |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Sea |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea Ice permafrost Sea ice |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea Ice permafrost Sea ice |
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