USNS BARTLETT Cruise to the Greenland Sea in September 1989

• Main Authors: Bourke, Robert H., Blythe, Robert F., Paquette, Robert G.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *SEA WATER; LOW TEMPERATURE; CORES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TRACKING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; FRACTURE(MECHANICS); SURFACES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; SALINITY; HYDROGRAPHY; CIRCULATION; NORWEGIAN SEA; WATER MASSES; DEEP WATER; ADVECTION; SOUTH(DIRECTION); OCEAN BOTTOM; GREENLAND SEA; DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; GREENLAND SEA PROJECT; JAN MAYEN CURRENT; Norwegian Sea; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA226566; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA226566

As a component of the Greenland Sea Project, a hydrographic cruise was conducted on board the USNS BARTLETT during September 1989 in the southern Greenland sea to characterize the water mass structure and circulation features of the Jan Mayen Current (JMC). A total of 48 high-quality CTD stations were occupied to depths of 1000 m; five stations extended to 3000m or more. Five north-south tending transects permitted tracking of the JMC by its low temperature (<0 C), low salinity near-surface core. The JMC could also be well defined from its warm, saline intermediate water properties. Deep stations made in the trough of the Jan Mayen Fracture Zone suggest that the interchange of deep and bottom water from the Greenland and Norwegian Seas via this trough is a slow diffusive process and not an active advective feature as previously thought. Keywords: Ocean currents; Deep water; Norwegian sea; Oceanographic data; Electrical conductivity/Salinity; Sea water; Temperature/Density; Meteorological data.