The Bering Sea: Communication with the Western Subarctic Gyre, Mesoscale Activity, Shelf-Basin Exchange, and the Flow Through Bering Strait

• Main Author: Kinney, Jaclyn C.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *BERING SEA; *OCEANOGRAPHY; THESES; EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS); CONTINENTAL SHELVES; BERING STRAIT; ARCTIC REGIONS; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER TRAFFIC; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Arctic; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Aleutian Island; Anadyr'; Chukchi; Sea ice; Subarctic; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA543752; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA543752

A 1/12th-degree, pan-Arctic ice-ocean numerical model is used to better understand the circulation and exchanges in the Bering Sea. Understanding the physical oceanography of the Bering Sea is significant for the U.S. Navy due to the expected increase in ship traffic and exploration of natural resou...