Arctic Drifting Buoy Data 1979 - 1985.

• Main Author: St Martin,Joseph W
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER GROTON CT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Marine Engineering; Meteorology; Target Direction; Range and Position Finding; *BUOYS; *GEOSTROPHIC WIND; *DRIFT; *SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS; ALASKA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME; COMPARISON; VELOCITY; CANADA; COAST GUARD RESEARCH; WIND; EAST(DIRECTION); WEST(DIRECTION); MEAN; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SPACE BUOYS; HULLS(STRUCTURES); SPARS; WATER; CORRELATION; NORTH(DIRECTION); SOUTH(DIRECTION); ARCTIC REGIONS; OIL SPILLS; BEAUFORT SEA; TRAJECTORIES; Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Beaufort Sea; Prudhoe Bay; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA182967; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA182967

As part of an investigation into the fate of potential Arctic oil spills, the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development and Canadian Marine Drilling, Ltd. (CANMAR) released satellite-tracked drifting buoys at two sites in the southern Beaufort Sea during six years (1979-1983, 1985). The sites were n...