The Arctic Environmental Drifting Buoy (AEDB) Report of Field Operations and Results: August 1987 - April 1988

• Main Authors: Honjo, Susumu, Krishfield, Richard, Plueddemann, Albert
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; SPHERES; ICE FORMATION; SURFACES; DRIFT; PROFILES; THERMISTORS; ICE; COVERINGS; DOPPLER SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; SEA WATER; FLOWMETERS; INTERNAL WAVES; ARCTIC REGIONS; ACOUSTIC DETECTORS; BUOYS; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; UNDERICE; VELOCITY; POSITION(LOCATION); AEDB(ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL DRIFTING BUOYS); ADCP(ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS); Arctic; Greenland; Yermak Plateau; Fram Strait; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA223243; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA223243

We deployed an AEDB on 4 August 1987 at 86 deg 7' N, 22 deg 3' E on a large 3.7 m thick ice island. Major components were a 147 cm diameter surface float housing ARGOS transmitters and a data logger for ice-profiling thermistors, and a 125 m long mooring line attached to the sphere and fed...