Further Notes on Foreshadowing the Severity of the Iceberg Season South of Newfoundland.

It may be recalled that following the preliminary indications mainly by Meinardus (1904) and Mecking (1906) that the iceberg severity off Newfoundland in the spring and early summer is influenced by the preceding pressure distribution in the northern North Atlantic and adjacent areas, Smith derived...

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Main Author: Schell,I I
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1950
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ICEBERGS
*ICE REPORTING
TEMPERATURE
OCEAN CURRENTS
STATISTICAL DATA
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION
SUMMER
NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE)
WUNR083018
Belle Isle
Bergen
Ice
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
permafrost
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Summary:It may be recalled that following the preliminary indications mainly by Meinardus (1904) and Mecking (1906) that the iceberg severity off Newfoundland in the spring and early summer is influenced by the preceding pressure distribution in the northern North Atlantic and adjacent areas, Smith derived a formula (1931) employing essentially the pressure falls: Belle Isle to Ivigtut and Bergen to Stykkisholm, based on data from 1879/80 to 1925/26, inclusive. Subsequently Groissmayr (1939) suggested that also the preceding temperatures in the North Atlantic and elsewhere bear a marked relation to the following ice off Newfoundland as, perhaps, might have been expected from the general relation between the pressure and temperature in that area.

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