The Barents Sea Polar Front in Summer

• Main Authors: Parsons, A. R., Bourke, Robert H., Muench, Robin D., Chiu, Ching-Sang, Lynch, James F.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *WATER MASSES; *OCEANOGRAPHY; REPRINTS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BATHYMETRY; TIDAL CURRENTS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SALINITY; NORWAY; HYDROGRAPHY; SEA WATER; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; GEOSTROPHIC WIND; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SUMMER; ARCTIC REGIONS; MOORING; RECIRCULATION; *BSPF(BARENTS SEA POLAR FRONT); Arctic; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Norway
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA328670; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA328670

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