Analysis of Drifting SOFAR Buoys in the Greenland Sea, 1989-1990

• Main Author: McCarren, David H.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Marine Engineering; *STATIONS; WATER; TRACKING; TRAPPING(CHARGED PARTICLES); DEPTH; FRACTURE(MECHANICS); FLOATS; BOUNDARIES; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; DRIFT; SELF OPERATION; FILAMENTS; TRAJECTORIES; CIRCULATION; BOTTOM; HEARING; GREENLAND SEA; BUOYS; GREENLAND; FRAM STRAIT; OCEAN CURRENTS; *BUOYS; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; JAN MAYEN CURRENT; SOFAR FLOATS; THESES; Boreas; Boreas Basin; Greenland; Greenland Fracture Zone; Jan Mayen; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA246415; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA246415

In an attempt to gain a better understanding of the intermediate depth circulation of the Greenland Sea, 16 SOFAR floats were launched into Fram Strait in 1988 and 1989. Between the fall of 1989 and the summer of 1990, five of these floats were tracked by autonomous listening stations (ALS) position...