Cooling of the West Spitzbergen Current: Wintertime Observations West of Svalbard

• Main Authors: Boyd, Timothy J., D'Asaro, Eric A.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Thermodynamics; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER); VELOCITY; WIND; COOLING; WINTER; MELTING; OCEANS; HYDROGRAPHY; ARCTIC OCEAN; HEAT LOSS; GREENLAND SEA; WATER MASSES; BARENTS SEA; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY; SALTS; SURFACE WATERS; ICE; MASS FLOW; CONVECTION; CONVERSION; *WEST SPITZBERGEN CURRENT; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Greenland; Midwinter; Svalbard; Greenland Sea; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA280648; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA280648

The West Spitzbergen Current (WSC) is the major source of heat and salt for the Arctic Ocean and the areas of deep convection in the Greenland Sea. The WSC current cools dramatically downstream. Hydrographic and velocity data from a 3-week, midwinter cruise off Spitzbergen are used to investigate th...