On the Question of Accumulation of Ice-Melt Water South of the Ice in the Chukchi Sea.

• Main Author: Handlers,Robert Glenn
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA WATER; *SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; EDGES; THESES; BOUNDARIES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; FRESH WATER; MELTING; SALINITY; SUMMER; SALT WATER; CHUKCHI SEA; Marginal sea ice zones; Melt water; Ocean circulation; PE62759N; WU9024909; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA039155; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA039155

The processes controlling the distribution of melt water from the retreating ice edge in summer in the Chukchi Sea were examined in order to provide evidence of the flow regime. Current and salinity data from National Oceanogrpahic Data Center files and from four MIZPAC cruises were used. An increase in melt-water content towards the ice in the approximately 30 km wide ice-melt zone as well as an abrupt salinity decrease were observed. This effect was presumed to be due to scattering of ice from a difuse ice margin accompanied by melting. North of the ice edge the fresh-water content was greater than that of southerly water by an amount (150-200 gm/sq cm) equivalent to the thickness of the ice cover. These findings, together with comparison of transport current flows faster than the ice retreats during summer in the eastern half of the Chukchi Sea. Master's thesis.