Dynamics over Arctic Canyons.

• Main Author: Muenchow, Andreas
• Other Authors: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA MARINE LIFE RESEARCH GROUP
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *CANYONS; DATA BASES; OCEAN WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; DEFORMATION; ACOUSTIC DETECTION; VORTICES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FLOW FIELDS; HYDROGRAPHY; ICEBREAKERS; ADCP(ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER); Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrow Canyon; Canada; Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA314575; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA314575

The main objective of this grant was to describe and to understand the dynamics of wide canyons in the Arctic Ocean. Barrow Canyon at the north-western tip of Alaska is such a wide canyon, because its width is large relative to its internal deformation radius. This canyon was the focus of a dynamica...