Mizlant 86 Data Report Results of an Oceanographic Cruise to Northern Baffin Bay and Nares Strait in September 1986.

Salinity and temperature measurements were made at 145 oceanographic stations in northern Baffin Bay and the waters to the north as far as the southern fringes of the Lincoln Sea. Intermediate water from the West Spitzbergen Current is shown to turn westward and enter Lancaster Sound, being walled o...

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Main Authors: Bourke, Robert H, Paquette, Robert G, Addison, Victor G , Jr
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*OCEANOGRAPHY
ARCTIC OCEAN
ARCTIC REGIONS
BATHYMETRY
BAYS
CANADA
CIRCULATION
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
FLOW
ICE
MEASUREMENT
NORTH(DIRECTION)
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
SALINITY
SEA WATER
TEMPERATURE
WATER
WATER MASSES
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Canada
Kennedy Channel
Lancaster Sound
Nares
Smith Sound
Baffin
Kennedy channel
Lincoln Sea
Nares strait
Smith sound
Spitzbergen
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA195622
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA195622
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Summary:Salinity and temperature measurements were made at 145 oceanographic stations in northern Baffin Bay and the waters to the north as far as the southern fringes of the Lincoln Sea. Intermediate water from the West Spitzbergen Current is shown to turn westward and enter Lancaster Sound, being walled off from entering Smith Sound to any great degree by bathymetry. Intermediate water from the Arctic Ocean flows southward, the deeper and warmer parts truncated by a sill in Kennedy Channel. Keywords: Electrical conductivity; Sea water circulation; Ocean bottom topography; Oceanographic data; Marginal ice zones; Ocean currents; Water masses; Sir John Franklin icebreaker; Arctic intermediate water; Canada. (edc)

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