Long-Term Movement of Satellite-Tracked Buoys in the Beaufort Sea.

• Main Authors: Murphy,D L, Tebeau,P A, Lissauer,I M
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER GROTON CT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1981
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *BUOYS; POSITION(LOCATION); WIND; DRIFT; SURFACE WATERS; DATA ACQUISITION; SEA ICE; BEAUFORT SEA; TRACKS; Chukchi Sea; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Wrangel Island; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Point Barrow; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA126344; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA126344

Trajectories of five free-drifting satellite-tracked buoys released during the summer of 1979 in open water in the Beaufort Sea north of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula indicate a pronounced east-to-west near-surface flow along the northern Alaskan coast. The direction of the buoy movement is in general a...