Oceanographic Data from Northwest Greenland Sea: Arctic East 1979 Survey of the USCGC Westwind.

• Main Authors: Newton,J L, Piper,L E
• Other Authors: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INC LA JOLLA CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1981
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; GRAPHS; DEPTH; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; SALINITY; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; GREENLAND SEA; Arctic; Belgica Bank; Greenland; East Greenland; east greenland current; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA097808; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA097808

The near-surface horizontal temperature and salinity distributions suggest a westward surface flow across the continental shel south of Belgica Bank (over Belgica Dyb between 77 deg N and 78 deg N) and an eastward surface flow north of Belgica Bank between 80 deg N and 81 deg N. These distributions...