One-Year Records of Current and Bottom Pressure in the Strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitoeya, Svalbard, 1980-1981.

We have obtained one year of measurements from a subsurface instrumented mooring carrying two current meters and one bottom pressure recorder in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitoeya in the northeastern Svalbard archipelago. The observations show a mixed tide with typical amplitudes 0.4db a...

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Main Authors: Aagaard,K, Foldvik,A, Gammelsroed,T, Vinje,T
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*STRAITS
REPRINTS
OCEAN CURRENTS
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
DYNAMIC PRESSURE
ARCTIC OCEAN
ARCTIC OCEAN ISLANDS
BOTTOM WATERS
Svalbard
WUNR307326
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Nordaustlandet
Svalbard Archipelago
Kvitoeya
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA145594
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA145594
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Summary:We have obtained one year of measurements from a subsurface instrumented mooring carrying two current meters and one bottom pressure recorder in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitoeya in the northeastern Svalbard archipelago. The observations show a mixed tide with typical amplitudes 0.4db and 10 cm/sec. The semidiurnal tide is characterized by a progressive wave propagating toward the south, together with a cross-channel baroclinic mode. The annual average (non-tidal) current is less than 2 cm/sec toward the north-east, suggesting that the transport into the Arctic Ocean is approximately 200,000 cu m/s.

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