Movement of Satellite-Tracked Buoys in the Beaufort Sea (1979-1981).

• Main Authors: Murphy,D L, Lissauer,I M, Myers,J C
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER GROTON CT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *OCEAN CURRENTS; BEAUFORT SEA; BUOYS; DRIFT; TRACKING; OFFSHORE; SEA ICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ALASKA; CANADA; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA133159; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA133159

As part of an investigation into the fate of potential ARctic oil spills, the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center and Canadian Marine Drillings Ltd (CANMAR) released satellite-tracked platforms at the Canadian offshore drilling sites in the southeastern Beaufort Sea. During the first th...