On the Barents Sea Polar Front in Summer and Interpretations of the Associated Regional Oceanography using an Arctic Ocean General Circulation Model.

• Main Author: Parsons, Arthur R.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHY); *OCEAN TIDES; THESES; VORTICES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SALINITY; HYDROGRAPHY; BARENTS SEA; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; ADVECTION; SEA ICE; ARCTIC OCEAN; SUBMARINE TROUGHS; *OCEAN CIRCULATION; BEAR ISLAND TROUGH; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Nordic Seas; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA307933; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA307933

In August 1992 a combined physical oceanography and acoustic tomography experiment was conducted to describe the Barents Sea Polar Front (BSPF) and investigate its associated mesoscale phenomena. The study area was an 80 by 70 km grid east of Bear Island where the front exhibits topographic trapping...